Petersburg Pilot -

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has won reelection in Alaska, defeating independent Al Gross in a race that attracted outside attention with control of the Senate at stake.

The race had been determined too early to call on Election Day Nov. 3 due to a large number of outstanding absentee ballots. Election officials began counting more than 150,000 absentee and other ballots on Tuesday.

The result in Alaska means that control of the Senate won’t be decided until January Senate runoffs are held in Georgia.

The Gross campaign on Wednesday did not indicate it was immediately ready to conced...