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Five of eight consumer chatbots picked Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan for the Alaska Senate race today. Two picked Democrat Mary Peltola, and Gemini 2.5 Flash put both at 44 percent. Prediction markets pointed the other way, giving Peltola 62 percent and Sullivan 37.5 percent for November. Plus 4 more daily AI election findings.

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Among the current consumer panel, six of eight chatbots favored Mary Peltola in the Alaska Senate race for the statewide prompt. The weighted panel share was 56 percent for Peltola. Prediction markets also favored Peltola at 62 percent, while Grok 4.20 and Grok 4.3 favored Dan Sullivan. Plus 5 more daily AI election findings.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash picked Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins at 52 percent for the Alaska governor race. Prediction markets give Kreiss-Tomkins 15.8 percent and make Democrat Thomas Scott Begich the leader at 30 percent. No other chatbot put any governor candidate above 24 percent when the voter did not name a region. Plus 4 more daily AI election findings.

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A summary of the current chatbot panel put Dan Sullivan at 77 percent of default voter answers today. Prediction markets put Mary Peltola at 62 percent and Sullivan at 38 percent. That leaves the panel and markets pointing in opposite directions. Plus 3 more daily AI election findings.

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Claude Opus 4.7 picked Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan at 52 percent on the Alaska Senate question today, after picking Democrat Mary Peltola at 62 percent yesterday. The same chatbot still picked Peltola at 57 percent when the voter said they live in Fairbanks. Prediction markets give Peltola a 60.5 percent chance and Sullivan 39 percent. Plus 2 more daily AI election findings.

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Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins was the most common pick across the consumer panel for the Alaska Governor race today, drawing about 23 percent of picks for a default voter. Democrat Tom Begich came in second around 19 percent. Prediction markets give Tom Begich the best odds at 29 percent and Kreiss-Tomkins 16 percent. Republican Nancy Dahlstrom is at 12 percent in the panel and less than 2 percent on prediction markets. Plus 4 more daily AI election findings.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash moved from Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan to Democrat Mary Peltola on the Alaska Senate race. Sullivan led its answer at 52 percent yesterday. Peltola led at 67 percent today. Prediction markets also favored Peltola at 60.5 percent. Plus 2 more daily AI election findings.

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Gemini 2.5 Pro picked Democrat Mary Peltola at 71 percent for a default Alaska Senate voter today, up from 62 percent yesterday. Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan fell to 29 percent. Prediction markets give Peltola a 61 percent chance to win in November. Gemini 2.5 Pro now sits above the market on Peltola by 10 percentage points. Plus 4 more daily AI election findings.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash picked Democrat Mary Peltola at 62 percent in the Alaska Senate race today. It picked Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan at 52 percent yesterday. Its Fairbanks answer also moved from Sullivan at 57 percent to Peltola at 57 percent. Prediction markets give Peltola 60.5 percent and Sullivan 39 percent. Plus 4 more daily AI election findings.

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