"I voted" stickers are seen on display in the headquarters offices of the Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) "I voted" stickers are seen on display in the headquarters offices of the ...

Some absentee and early votes are set to be counted on Tuesday, but Alaskans may need to wait until Nov. 20 for clear results.

Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III moved closer to defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola after 38,000 Alaska ballots were counted Tuesday. Begich was ahead by 10,133 votes before Tuesday’s ballot count. He now leads by 9,550 votes, or just over 3%.

Voters in Alaska will head to the polls on Nov. 5, casting their ballot in the presidential race and the state's at-large congressional district.

Begich, an entrepreneur who lives in Chugiak, is a Republican from a prominent Democratic family. If his lead holds, he’ll win the seat once held by his grandfather. Congressman Nick Begich, D-Alaska, was campaigning for reelection in 1972 when his chartered plane disappeared enroute to Juneau.

Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state’s only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber

GOP challenger Nick Begich led in first round of the state’s unusual ranked choice balloting, but was unable to get a majority, meaning another tabulation will be required.

While final results and tabulation are still a few weeks away, preliminary election results can tell us a lot about the future of ranked choice voting, the minimum wage, and the makeup of the 2025 legislature.

On Tuesday night, the Alaska Division of Elections added more than 38,000 votes to the state’s electoral count.

Former President Donald Trump won Alaska and its three electoral votes on Wednesday, adding to his lead in the Electoral College.

Alaska elections officials are set to release additional election results on Tuesday from tens of thousands of voters, which could shape the results of several tight races, including Alaska's U.S. House race.

Alaska held its 2024 elections for state office on Tuesday, and the results have not been finalized yet, with some absentee ballots yet to be counted. Nonetheless, there is expected to be a shift in the makeup of the Alaska House of Representatives,