Election officials had counted by Monday evening a total of 54,434 ballots a majority of the ballots cast in the city election. At least 11,500 have not yet been counted.
There are still many more ballots left to count, as a swell of last-minute voting meant well over 30,000 arrived at the election center on Monday and Tuesday.
The lawsuit by Roger Hickel Contracting alleges breaches of contract and good faith over work done last year at the East Anchorage site of a proposed facility for sheltering people experiencing homelessness.
Anchorage Democrats say candidate Rachel Ries distributed campaign literature “falsely claiming” her opponent, Zac Johnson, is endorsed by the group. Ries has accused Johnson’s campaign of hoodwinking voters into believing he’s been endorsed by the police union, rather than its PAC.