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Trump criticizes the midterm counting in the state of Alaska
The counting of the midterm elections in Alaska is still ongoing. It's shaping up to be a close race. Now US President Trump is intervening: He is demanding that the votes for Dan J. Sullivan be given to the Republican Dan
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Senator election in Alaska Trump interferes in midterm counting As of: November 5th, 2026 • 5:58 p.m
The counting of the senatorial election in Alaska is still ongoing. It's shaping up to be a close race. Now US President Trump is intervening: He is demanding that the votes for Dan J. Sullivan be given to the Republican Dan S. Sullivan.
Two days after the midterms, US President Donald Trump speaks out again. In the senatorial election in Alaska, the Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan should be given the votes of the candidate with almost the same name, Dan J. Sullivan, Trump demanded on his Truth Social platform. Then the Republican would “win easily.” According to the current count, retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan currently has around 3,600 votes.
Trump again accused the Democrats of being behind the candidacy of the “wrong” Sullivan. Even before the midterm elections, he had accused the Democrats of "voter fraud" in order to enable their Senate candidate Mary Peltola to win. The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit. The Democrats reject the accusation of deliberate voter deception.
The Democrats are said to have been looking for a competitor with the same name to weaken the senator. more
Incumbent Sullivan is currently trailing Democratic challenger Mary Peltola. The difference is only 637 votes - or 0.3 percent.
However, more than a quarter of the votes have not yet been counted, also because postal votes in the sprawling state can still arrive after the election - as long as the postmark is dated before election day.
What is the status of the counting of the election results for the US Senate and the House of Representatives? more
Things will also be exciting in Mississippi. In the heavily Republican state, the Democratic candidate, Scott Colom, is ahead of the Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by almost a thousand votes. More than 96 percent of the votes have already been counted here.
Alaska and Mississippi are the last two Senate elections of the midterms, the outcome of which has not yet been determined.
This topic in the program: The First | daily news | November 5, 2026 | 8:00 p.m