Due to the vast distances involved, Alaska does not truly certify its votes until two weeks after a statewide election--although, races are often called sooner. However, even with the ranked choice voting system (which I still do not like), today only verified the outcomes that most informed people expected. In general, Alaska's election this year was yet another indication that most voters are weary of the demagoguery of election deniers and the ridiculousness of hyper-partisan politicians. In particular, it seemed that Alaskans rebuked the idea of puppet candidates who had immediately hitched their wagons to national politics when they announced their campaigns instead of standing for Alaskans.
Despite the propaganda, ranked choice did not make a huge difference in the races. Out of twelve races that went to ranked choice tabulation, only three changed who had the lead from the initial count. In House District 11, a Democrat was ahead of two Republicans with over 45% of the vote (7 points ahead). After the ranked choice round dropped the lower scoring Republican, nearly all of those votes went to the other Republican candidate. A nearly identical process happened in House District 15, except that the Democrat had 46% of the vote initially. In House District 18, the fortunes of the parties reversed, with the Republican originally leading with 44% of the vote. Had the normal primary system taken place, the results would have likely been the same.
I'm just glad to be done with political ads for a while.