Alaska Public Media reports that Mary Peltola leads Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's U.S. Senate race with nearly 50% of first-choice votes and most ballots counted, likely sending the race to ranked choice tabulation on November 18. The Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block certification if Sullivan lost — over votes allegedly siphoned to a Dan J. Sullivan — now appears moot, and the AP called the governor's race for Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins while voters rejected Ballot Measure 2.