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
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 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.