Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska gained ground on Wednesday in the Senate race there, which has not been called yet. The newest results cut Democrat Mary Peltola’s lead to 3,975 votes, Alaska Public Media reported. On Tuesday, her lead was 4,250 votes.

Wednesday’s count added 5,612 ballots, according to Division of Elections data cited by Alaska Public Media. Roughly 5,000 of them were absentee ballots from state House districts in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. That area is a Republican stronghold.

Peltola’s lead is now smaller than the 4,100 votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. of Petersburg. He is a separate candidate on the ballot.

Also on Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews turned down a request from the Peltola campaign. The campaign had asked for records showing which absentee ballots were rejected. The judge sided with the Alaska Division of Elections.

“Even if the request were otherwise considered reasonable outside the peak election time of year, it is simply not reasonable nor required right now,” Matthews wrote, according to Fox News. The Sullivan campaign was allowed to join the case.

“We thank the Division of Elections for their hard work and look forward to a complete and accurate count,” said Nate Adams, a spokesman for the Sullivan campaign.

Ballots sent from overseas may arrive through Nov. 18. That is also the day set for ranked-choice counting in races where no candidate got more than 50% of the vote. The Associated Press has not called the race.