Democrats, Republicans Asking For Money As Vote Counting Persists Days Later
As two Senate seats remain uncalled the campaign arms for the Republican and Democratic parties are calling on donors to chip in more funds for their candidates to cross the finish line — despite all votes already being cast.
Libby Bandelin·Nov 6, 2026·4 min read
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As two Senate seats remain uncalled, the campaign arms for the Republican and Democratic parties are calling on donors to chip in more funds for their candidates to cross the finish line — despite all votes already being cast.
Days after polls closed, the vote count is still ongoing for Senate seats in Alaska and Mississippi. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) have created recount funds to finance the drawn-out fights, Politico reported Thursday.
As of Friday a pair of the Senate races on opposite sides of the country remain too close to call. Democratic Mississippi senate nominee Scott Colom held a razor-thin 2,000-vote lead at 49.1 percent of the vote with incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith close behind at 48.8 percent, the Associated Press reported early Friday afternoon. More than 95 percent of the race’s ballots were counted at the time.
Meanwhile in the Last Frontier, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola was ahead holding 48.17 percent of the vote, while Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan trailed at 47.8 percent after 74% of ballots were counted, according to the outlet. Unlike Mississippi, Alaska uses ranked-choice voting (RCV) to tabulate its results if no candidate receives a majority of the vote.
Before polls closed in Alaska on Election Day, the NRSC established the “NRSC RECOUNT FUND,” signing on Sullivan’s campaign, Politico reported. The NRSC then brought in
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Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign the following day.
The DSCC has also followed suit and is seeking action from supporters for the long haul.
Former vice president and failed 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris rallied supporters on her email list, calling for increased attention and funding to the Mississippi race, Politico reported.
“I have spent a lot of time in the South this year, including campaigning with Scott, and I know that our movement has the power to do it,: Harris wrote in the email. “Republicans are going to do everything they can to try and hold onto this seat. They’ve taken so many losses that they will not let another go without a fight.”
The DSCC did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The NRSC announced they would send a letter to County Election Commissioners and Circuit Clerks in Mississippi, demanding they separate and preserve all affidavit ballots cast in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election, the NRSC said in a Thursday press release sent to the DCNF.
“As the democratic process continues to play out, we are committed to ensuring that every single lawful ballot is accurately counted and the voices of all Mississippians are heard,” NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell said in the release.
The Senate GOP’s campaign arm expects results to be finally tabulated in Mississippi by next week, but results for Alaska could take until November 18.
A spokesperson from the NRSC referred the DCNF to two memos from the Alaskan incumbent’s campaign office.
“If the ranked choice voting tabulation took place today of the votes that we have in hand right now, Senator Dan Sullivan would defeat Mary Peltola 105,037 to 104,709, a margin of 328 vote,” a memo from Sullivan’s office released Wednesday said.
“The Division of 🗳️Elections has ~20,000 early votes and ~27,000 absentee ballots in hand that we believe will not be counted until Nov. 10, with late mail and questioned ballots still to come,” a new memo released Friday said. “Sullivan needs about 49.5% of the two-way vote in what is left. He has 49.8% of the two-way vote counted so far.”
The Senate race in Alaska has drawn much scrutiny during the midterm cycle, after a political unknown sharing the same name as the Republican incumbent threw his hat in the race, causing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to sue the state, alleging intentional voter confusion at the polls.
Though the pending lawsuit was thrown out by a federal judge, the DOJ said it plans to re-file for litigation.
Should neither Sullivan nor Peltola clear 50 percent in the first round, RCV tabulation is expected in mid-November, Politico reported.
Senate campaigns raised at least $1.3 billion for this year’s midterms, according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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