BLOOMBERG: Republicans extended their control of the U.S. Senate as Dan Sullivan defeated Democratic incumbent Mark Begich in Alaska, a race that was too close to call on election night.
Sullivan, 49, a former Alaska attorney general and U.S. Marine Corps officer who served as assistant secretary of state in former President George W. Bush’s administration, led by about 8,100 votes on Nov. 4. Under Alaska law, elections workers had to wait a week before counting the 20,000 absentee ballots.
The Associated Press called the vote late yesterday… (more)
