# USA Election Watch 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377 "2026-11-03T18:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 54
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1064 "2026-11-07T19:07:57Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Alaska is not expected to update their totals until Monday or Tuesday. I posted this in the Senate Race thread: > [@](#): > > Anyone closely watching the Alaska results should cool their jets for a while. It seems that Alaska law restricts the release of this data to a limited set of days. So look for updates on Tuesday (Nov 10), Friday (Nov 13) and Wednesday, Nov 18, which will be the final count before the ranked choice kicks in. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1065 "2026-11-07T19:09:28Z")
Looks like Kris Kolbach lost in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1066 "2026-11-07T19:25:19Z")
Party and seat? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1067 "2026-11-07T19:31:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Looks like Kris Kolbach lost in Kansas. Kris Kobach (R) is the incumbent Attorney General in Kansas. He lost his re-election bid in a close race. Good riddance to him. He’s 60 years old and hopefully he’s done with politics. He’s been SOS, AG, and lost the governor’s race in 2018. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1068 "2026-11-07T19:32:52Z")
Kris Kobach (Asshole). More on him here: > **[Conservative crusader Kris Kobach loses Kansas attorney general seat to...](https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-11-06/chris-mann-kansas-attorney-general-race-called-kris-kobach-democrat-blue-wave-election)** > > Kobach, who is known for his hardline stances on immigration and voter fraud, lost to former police officer Chris Mann. A real piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1069 "2026-11-07T19:34:25Z")
Thank you both. I added that to the low information post. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1070 "2026-11-07T22:21:55Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > > 2009 votes currently. > > 35,000 expected votes remaining. > > 2493 as of now and growing. It’s now 2574 with approximately 31,000 remaining. Monday is the last day for mail to arrive and be counted and for people to cure their ballots. It could be considerably fewer that end up being added to the total. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1071 "2026-11-07T23:23:47Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > They will continue to count ballots received and cured until the 15th. At that point, if needed, they will do the ranked choice calculation. The good thing is that the vote counts are all-encompassing; it’s not like they have to go back and count the other choices beyond first on each ballot. All that is being collected at once, so the ranked choice calculation doesn’t have to delay anything at all. When all the ballots are tabulated (including the curing process) they should have the result, period. The only delay is in getting the ballots processed (which of course is going to take a while longer). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1072 "2026-11-08T01:29:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > They will continue to count ballots received and cured until the 15th. At that point, if needed, they will do the ranked choice calculation. Just want to make clear that that date is wrong. Mail-in ballots will be accepted until the 18th, 15 days after the election. At that point they’ll do the ranked choice processing. In fact, it says that in the Achorage Daily News article linked to. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1073 "2026-11-08T01:56:07Z")
Appreciate the correction. Apologies for getting it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1074 "2026-11-08T02:21:03Z")
> **Summary** > > > [@solost](#): > > > > Yes, they should have voted for Hillary. Yes, they should have voted for Kamala. Both candidates were orders of magnitute more qualified for office than trump, and would have surrounded themselves with qualified people. > > As P.J. O’Rourke said during the 2016 campaign, “She’s wrong about absolutely everything, but she’s wrong within normal parameters.” Anyone who thought Trump was normal _anything_ was either hungry for power or not paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1076 "2026-11-08T02:23:37Z")
**Moderating:** Current election, not past. I’ll hide your post for you. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/1078 "2026-11-08T03:07:48Z")
Norm eisen states that the provisional ballots that can be cured with id have until 5pm, tues. to get to that done. After that the nov 13 is county certification. Norm believes at this time the math favours colom. It is looking more like miss has flipped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=53)