Palmer, Alaska
City in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Palmer is the home town of Gerald Heikes, the Republican on 5,318 first choices in Alaska's 10 November Senate count. Those ballots pass to second preferences on 18 November, when the tabulation settles whether Mary Peltola's 4,250-vote edge survives.
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Palmer is home to Gerald Heikes, the Republican who held 5,318 first choices in the Alaska Division of Elections count of 10 November 2026, the Anchorage Daily News reported. On that count Mary Peltola's first-choice lead over Senator Dan S. Sullivan stood at 4,250, with more than 245,000 ballots in.
The city is the seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 42 miles north-east of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway. Its population was 5,888 at the 2020 census.
When the ranked-choice round runs on 18 November, Heikes's ballots and the 4,027 cast for the namesake Dan J. Sullivan move to their voters' next choices. That round decides whether Peltola's lead holds.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 11 November 2026. Editorial standards.