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Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows
Killough, K. (2026, November 12). Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows. Just The News. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-senate-candidate-peltola-loses-suit-over-absentee-ballot?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators
Killough, Kevin. “Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows.” Just The News, 12 Nov. 2026, https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-senate-candidate-peltola-loses-suit-over-absentee-ballot?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators.
Killough, Kevin. “Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows.” Just The News, November 12, 2026. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-senate-candidate-peltola-loses-suit-over-absentee-ballot?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators.
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Just The News
· collected 2026-11-12 · by Kevin Killough
Quick Summary
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s request for records identifying rejected absentee ballots in Alaska’s final uncalled Senate race. The judge sided with the Alaska Division of Elections, stating the agency lacks the capacity to generate the report and the request is not required immediately while vote counting continues. The ruling comes as Peltola's narrow lead over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan narrows, with her holding 48.9% of the vote to his 47.3% as 86% of the ballots are counted.
Written by AI on 2026-11-13,
from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled on Wednesday, November 12, 2026, against a lawsuit filed by the campaign of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola. The lawsuit sought to force the Alaska Division of Elections to provide a list of absentee voters whose ballots were preliminarily rejected in the midterm election. The court ruled that the request was "not reasonable" or required immediately because the agency "simply lacks the capacity to generate the report" while still processing votes for the U.S. Senate race. This race, which features Peltola and two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, remains the only Senate contest in the nation that has not yet been called. Sen. Sullivan's campaign moved to intervene in the legal action, arguing that the lawsuit sought to force officials to ignore Alaska law. The Division of Elections further argued that providing the data would violate voter privacy because individual voters had not yet been notified of their ballot rejections. The decision follows a razor-thin count in a state where ballots are accepted up to 15 days after the election.
Written for “Mary Peltola's lawsuit denied” on 2026-11-14,
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Just the NewsThis outlet12 Nov
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s request for records identifying rejected absentee ballots in Alaska’s final uncalled Senate race. The judge sided with the Alaska Division of Elections, stating the agency lacks the capacity to generate the report and the request is not required immediately while vote counting continues. The ruling comes as Peltola's narrow…
Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows (this article)Fox News9 Nov
Dan Sullivan’s re-election campaign filed a motion to intervene in Mary Peltola's lawsuit against Alaska elections officials on Monday, arguing that the lawsuit seeks to force election authorities to violate state law by releasing records of absentee ballots preliminarily rejected in the midterm election. As of Monday, Peltola leads Sullivan by just over 600 votes with about 25% of votes yet to be counted…
Mary Peltola's campaign filed a lawsuit on November 7, 2026, seeking access to lists of rejected absentee voters and reasons for their rejection during Alaska’s closely watched Senate race against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. State attorneys argue that releasing this information would violate voter privacy laws. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews expects to issue a quick decision after hearing arguments from…
In Alaska, a judge denied Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s request for data on rejected absentee ballots, deeming it unreasonable due to election officials' tight deadlines as they continue counting votes. The ruling affects Alaska's ongoing ranked voting system where no candidate has secured over 50% of first-choice votes; overseas ballots can still be accepted until November 18th.
Judge Thomas Matthews ruled against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's request to obtain data on rejected absentee ballots in her closely contested race against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. The lawsuit was filed by Peltola’s campaign on Friday, aiming to compel the Alaska Division of Elections and its officials to provide information about the rejected ballots as vote counting continues.
Alaska Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews has denied Democratic candidate Mary Peltola's legal request for a list of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected, citing the election officials' current workload and the impracticality of generating such a report at this time. With 86% of votes counted as of late Wednesday, Peltola leads incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan by 1.6%, though overseas ballots can…
This analysis highlights a legal battle between Alaska Senate candidates Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan, focusing on a judge's denial of Peltola's request for a list of rejected absentee ballots. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled that the Division of Elections lacks the capacity to generate the report during the peak election period, describing the request as unreasonable at that time. With 86% of the vote…
Leans left
Hedges 2 of 22 claimsOutlet record 59/100
“Article A discusses the vote count update in the election, while Article B reports on a legal suit regarding absentee ballot records, indicating different specific events.”
“Article A reports on a specific court ruling regarding absentee ballot records, while Article B provides an update on the ongoing vote count in the Senate race.”
“Article A reports on a specific court ruling regarding absentee ballot records, while Article B discusses the overall progress and vote count in the Senate race.”
“Article A describes the filing of a lawsuit and a motion to intervene, while Article B reports on the court's decision in the lawsuit, indicating a different specific event or time point.”
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Hedges 4 of 22 claimsOutlet record 92/100
“The articles describe the same judge's ruling denying access to rejected absentee ballot records, but differ in the specific date of the ruling (Wednesday vs Thursday).”
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Democratic Senate candidate Peltola loses suit over absentee ballot records, lead narrows
asserted
lead → lose → records
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews said the agency "simply lacks the capacity to generate the report" from the voter registration database, and the request is "not reasonable nor required" immediately.
asserted
request → say → database
An Alaska judge on Wednesday ruled against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola, whose campaign requested the records identifying rejected absentee ballots in the midterm's last remaining uncalled Senate race.
asserted
campaign → rule → race
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews sided with the Alaska Division of Elections, ruling that the campaign's request was "simply not reasonable" for election officials to provide the records while they're continuing to count votes in the race, Fox News reported.
asserted
News → side → race
Matthews said the agency "simply lacks the capacity to generate the report" from the voter registration database, and the request is "not reasonable nor required" immediately.
asserted
request → say → database
The campaign argued that access was necessary to ensure eligible voters’ ballots are properly counted and to determine whether any of Peltola’s supporters were improperly disenfranchised.
asserted
any → argue → supporters
Peltola held a slim lead Thursday over incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, according to the Associated Press.
uncertain
Peltola → hold → Press
Peltola held 48.9% of the vote to Sullivan's 47.3%, with 86% of the votes counted.
asserted
% → hold → votes
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