Mississippi, Alaska, Kansas races remain undecided as counts finish

Washington, D.C. A small number of Senate and governor contests remained uncalled by The Associated Press at noon Eastern time on Wednesday. The delayed results follow a cycle in which Democrats flipped seats in districts that Republicans held comfortably two years ago, securing control of both chambers of Congress. Sixty-eight House races where party control is at stake also remain undecided.

In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom holds a lead of a few dozen votes over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. The state lacks an automatic recount process, but a challenger may seek a court order to trigger one.

Alaska’s Senate race between incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola also awaits a declaration. Peltola leads Sullivan by 626 votes with an estimated 74% of ballots counted. Alaska law requires ranked-choice voting if neither candidate secures more than 50% of the total vote.

In the adjacent governor’s race, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins leads Republican Bernadette Wilson by 20 percentage points. Kreiss-Tomkins has received 49.2% of the vote with the same 74% count estimate. This contest also proceeds to a second round if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold.

Kansas presents another close race for governor. Democrat Cindy Holscher holds a lead of 5,557 votes over Republican Ty Masterson with an estimated 98% of votes counted. The margin is less than one percentage point. Holscher and Masterson both serve in the state Senate, where Masterson serves as president.