A judge in Alaska rejects Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s request to obtain data on rejected absentee ballots, after which her narrow lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan tightens. Fox News and the Daily Signal both report that Peltola loses the court bid seeking records, framing it as a setback while the overall race remains close.
The outlets also describe the vote-count context. Daily Signal says Peltola leads Sullivan by about 1.6 percentage points as of Thursday, citing 121,487 votes for Peltola and 117,512 for Sullivan. The Hill, meanwhile, emphasizes changes after a new batch of ballots and includes campaign messaging that Sullivan faces limited opportunities to catch up, highlighting that Sullivan makes only modest gains in a traditionally Republican area.
Overall, coverage centers on two developments: the court outcome concerning rejected absentee ballot records and the continuing, incremental movement of vote totals that keeps the contest undecided.
