In race for North Slope House seat, difference in votes is a handful

A hotly contested race in the North Slope and Northwest Arctic Borough has two bush Democrats within five votes of each other.
Incumbent Rep. Ben Nageak is slightly behind in his race against newcomer Dean Westlake. All precincts in that district have been counted, but the state Division of Elections still has absentee and questioned ballots to count.
Westlake ran against Nageak two years ago and lost by 131 votes.
Nageak declined to comment and Westlake is out of reach at his fish camp.
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