Unbelievable. Mary Peltola (D) has flipped the Republican-held congressional seat in #AKAL in round 2 of ranked-choice voting, netting 51.47% to Sarah Palin's 48.53%.
Peltola got 40.20% in the first round against Begich/Palin, which was just ~2.5% shy of Biden's 2020 vote share.
Peltola got 40.20% in the first round against Begich/Palin, which was just ~2.5% shy of Biden's 2020 vote share.
We all knew a while back that this was a very distinct possibility, but I am in absolute shock that this happened still. Alaska has sent a Democrat to this seat for this first time in 50 years, and it's happened when a *Democrat* was in the White House.
The biggest congratulations go here to @MaryPeltola for running a hell of a campaign, but let's make sure to give @GalenMetzger1, @Thorongil16, and especially @IvanMoore1 a huge, huge round of applause for their work here.
@MaryPeltola @GalenMetzger1 @Thorongil16 @IvanMoore1 Ivan polled this a while back and was the first to see that this was a very, very clear possibility. Galen and Armin were the two that were running calculation after calculation to show that Peltola had a great chance at winning when everyone said Palin would take it in round 2.
@MaryPeltola @GalenMetzger1 @Thorongil16 @IvanMoore1 Seriously, if you're not already following these three people, you've got to do it. You're missing out on hearing from three of the sharpest minds on this website. Just incredible work done in projecting the results of a voting system that's mostly new to America.
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