密西西比州和阿拉斯加州的参议院选举仍胜负难料。截至周三上午，两个参议院席位的角逐依然难分高下。
Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska remain too close to call Races for two Senate seats remained too close to call Wednesday morning.
据美联社报道，在阿拉斯加州的选战中，现任共和党参议员丹·沙利文对民主党挑战者玛丽·佩尔托拉保持微弱领先。
In Alaska's race, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan held a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Mary Peltola, according to the Associated Press.
同样角逐阿拉斯加州参议院席位的还有杰拉尔德·L·海克斯和小丹尼尔·J·沙利文。佩尔托拉的竞选团队被指协助安排一名与现任参议员姓名相似的候选人参选，以图迷惑选民并分流现任参议员的选票。佩尔托拉否认她与第二名沙利文参选一事有任何关系。这一争议引发了诉讼和调查。
Also running for Alaska's Senate seat are Gerald L. Heikes and Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Peltola's campaign was accused of helping to orchestrate the inclusion of a candidate with a similar name as the incumbent in an effort to confuse voters and siphon off votes from the incumbent. Peltola denied she had anything to do with the second Sullivan running in the race. The controversy sparked lawsuits and investigations.
周二早些时候，佩尔托拉对沙利文参议员保持相当大的领先优势，但现任参议员在一夜之间反超了这位民主党人。两位候选人的得票率仍低于避免进入排序选择投票程序所需的50%门槛。这意味着这场选举的结果可能数周后才能揭晓。
Peltola held a considerable lead over Sen. Sullivan early Tuesday, but the incumbent overtook the Democrat overnight. Both candidates remain below the 50% threshold required to avoid the ranked choice voting process. This means the outcome of the race may not be known for weeks.
据《华尔街日报》报道，在该制度下，选民按偏好顺序对四名最终候选人进行排序。如果无人获得超过50%的选票，得票最少的候选人将被淘汰，其选票上的第二选择票将重新分配给其余候选人。这一过程持续进行，直到有人获得多数票。
In the system, voters rank the four finalists in order of their preference. If no one gets more than 50% of the vote, the weakest candidate is eliminated, and the second-choice votes on those ballots are redistributed to the remaining candidates. The process continues until someone has a majority, the Wall Street Journal reported.
周三上午，海克斯的得票率为2.2%，小丹尼尔·J·沙利文的得票率为1.7%。
On Wednesday morning, Heikes held 2.2% of the vote, and Daniel J. Sullivan held 1.7% of the vote.
在密西西比州参议院选战中，民主党人、当地检察官斯科特·科尔姆与共和党现任参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯周三上午势均力敌，两位候选人的得票率均为48.9%。独立候选人泰·平金斯得票率为2.1%。
In the Mississippi Senate race, Democrat Scott Colm, a local prosecutor, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith were running neck-in-neck Wednesday morning with both candidates holding 48.9% of the vote. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins held 2.1% of the vote.
如果科尔姆在这场选战中获胜，他将成为该州自内战后重建时期以来的首位黑人参议员。
Should Colom succeed in the race, he would be the state's first Black senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction Era.