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Anchorage Democratic Rep. Cliff Groh is trailing by 23 votes to Republican challenger David Nelson after the latest ballot count.

Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola trailed Republican challenger Nick Begich III after a tabulation of ranked choice results.

The ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries was on track to fail by 664 votes.

Alaska law allows by-mail ballots to be counted as long as they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.

Opponents of the repeal effort were just 192 votes ahead of those in favor as additional ballots were counted on Monday.

In the latest count, Republican challenger Nick Begich III maintained his lead over incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, and the difference between yes and no votes on Ballot Measure 2 tightened.

Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola was one of 325 U.S. House members to vote in favor of the Social Security Fairness Act.

An Aniak poll worker said an initial vote tally was incorrectly reported by the Division of Elections.

Jeremiah “Miah” Angusuc left the position one day before the election, after only a few months on the job.

The governor has increasingly associated himself with the Republican presidential nominee during the election year.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, said she would seek to protect some Democrat-backed laws such as the Affordable Care Act, which Trump has tried to repeal.

House and Senate leaders said early results were promising for bipartisan coalitions that focus on education funding and public retirement reform.

An Alaska effort to repeal the system is still too close to call.

The former president had 55.6% of the vote in Alaska’s presidential election.

With more than 255,000 ballots counted, 50.9% of votes were in favor of a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s voting system.