US midterms 2026: What key races remain undecided?
Summary
Several closely contested U.S. midterm races remain undecided, including contests for Senate and governor in Alaska, governor in Kansas, Senate in Mississippi, and mayor of Los Angeles. The article reports narrow leads in each race, with vote counts incomplete and Alaska’s Senate race potentially proceeding to ranked-choice voting if no candidate wins more than 50 percent.Key Facts
- In Alaska’s Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by 626 votes.
- Alaska uses ranked-choice voting in the Senate race if neither candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote.
- In Alaska’s governor’s race, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has 49.2 percent of the vote, with an estimated 74 percent of ballots counted.
- In Kansas’s governor’s race, Democrat Cindy Holscher leads Republican Ty Masterson by 5,557 votes, with an estimated 98 percent counted.
- In Mississippi’s Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 votes, with an estimated 96 percent counted.
- In the Los Angeles mayoral race, challenger Nithya Raman has 51.1 percent to incumbent Karen Bass’s 48.9 percent, with about one-third of ballots uncounted.
Read the Full Article
This is a fact-based summary from The Actual News. Click below to read the complete story directly from the original source.
