Trump Calls for Alaska Votes to Go to Dan Sullivan

President Donald Trump called for votes cast for two other candidates in Alaska’s unresolved Senate race to be awarded to Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, although Democrat Mary Peltola was leading in the preliminary count. Trump said Thursday on Truth Social that the election was over and described transferring the votes as the only fair solution. As of Thursday morning, Peltola led Sullivan by 637 votes, with about 75% counted. She had 102,962 votes, or 48.2%, while Sullivan had 102,325, or 47.9%, according to the reported tally. The result remained undecided as ballots continued to be counted. The other candidates named in Trump’s post were independent Dan J. Sullivan and Republican Gerald Heikes. The preliminary figures gave Dan J. Sullivan 3,600 votes, or about 1.7%, and Heikes 4,846, or about 2.3%. Trump called the independent candidate “Fake Dan Sullivan” and said his votes, along with Heikes’s, should go to the incumbent. The figures do not establish how those voters ranked their preferences. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting. Voters rank candidates, and if no one receives a majority of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Ballots are...