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In the final round of the count, Peltola, a former state lawmaker, edged Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, by 3 percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%.
It's very exciting for all those who tried for decades to unseat Don Young. Here's the Anch Daily News story. It's the first ranked choice/instant runoff election since AK voters approved the change.
Former Alaskan here. Ms. Peltola is relatively well known in the state, just not so much outside it. The weirdest thing to me is seeing the name "Nick Begich" with an R beside it. His granddad Nick was the Dem U.S. House rep elected in 1970, but disappeared in nasty weather on a charter flight between Anchorage and Juneau in 1972 with Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana; no trace of the aircraft or the passengers was ever found. (No conspiracies; aircraft incidents like that weren't all that uncommon in those days, and still occur once in a while.)
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Former Alaskan here. Ms. Peltola is relatively well known in the state, just not so much outside it. The weirdest thing to me is seeing the name "Nick Begich" with an R beside it. His granddad Nick was the Dem U.S. House rep elected in 1970, but disappeared in nasty weather on a charter flight between Anchorage and Juneau in 1972 with Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana; no trace of the aircraft or the passengers was ever found. (No conspiracies; aircraft incidents like that weren't all that uncommon in those days, and still occur once in a while.)