Sharon Gleason

U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska

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Born: 1957, Rochester

Education: Washington University in St. Louis, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis, School of Law

Last updated Nov 10, 2026

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Judge rejects Justice Department bid to block Alaska Senate certification

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Dismissed the suit; the department appealed, and voting rights groups moved to dismiss that appeal on November 9

A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's suit to block certification of Alaska's Senate race on November 1, and the department appealed the same day. Alaska voted on November 3. Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by 2,517 first-choice votes on November 9, with about 220,000 ballots counted.

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