White House / President·Election 2026
Update: Peltola leads Sullivan by 637 in Alaska; Colom's Mississippi lead grows past 1,000 as 'Decoy Dan' draws 3,600 votes
Fox News, citing the AP, reported Thursday morning that Democrat Scott Colom led Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith 464,926 to 463,788 in Mississippi (about 1,138 votes) with 95.6% counted, and that Democrat Mary Peltola led Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska by less than 700 votes with roughly a quarter of ballots still outstanding. ABC News's live results table Thursday showed Peltola at 102,962 (48.2%) to Sullivan's 102,325 (47.9%) — a 637-vote edge with 74% reporting — and Colom at 466,775 to Hyde-Smith's 464,962 with 96% reporting. Fox News said Daniel J. Sullivan, the so-called 'Decoy Dan' candidate under a Justice Department investigation, had 3,600 votes, more than five times the Alaska margin, and that President Trump posted on Truth Social that those votes 'should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan.'