Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska, the incumbent. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-28.
In Congress: 309 bills and resolutions sponsored, 1826 cosponsored, 15 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov
Every Supreme Court confirmation while in the Senate, and Cabinet confirmations in the last two Congresses. Senate records, newest first.
Supreme Court
Voted Nay on Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2022-04-07, Confirmed 53–47, roll call)
Voted Yea on Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2020-10-26, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2018-10-06, Confirmed 50–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2017-04-07, Confirmed 54–45, roll call)
Cabinet
Voted Yea on Todd Blanche, Attorney General (2026-08-08, Confirmed 50–49, roll call)
Voted Yea on Walter Clayton, Director of National Intelligence (2026-07-28, Confirmed 51–47, roll call)
Voted Yea on Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security (2026-03-23, Confirmed 54–45, roll call)
Voted Not Voting on Michael G. Waltz, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations (2025-09-19, Confirmed 47–43, roll call)
Voted Yea on Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force (2025-05-13, Confirmed 74–25, roll call)
Voted Yea on John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy (2025-03-24, Confirmed 62–30, roll call)
Voted Yea on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor (2025-03-10, Confirmed 67–32, roll call)
Voted Yea on Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education (2025-03-03, Confirmed 51–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Daniel Driscoll, Secretary of the Army (2025-02-25, Confirmed 66–28, roll call)
Voted Not Voting on Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2025-02-19, Confirmed 52–46, roll call)
Voted Not Voting on Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce (2025-02-18, Confirmed 51–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture (2025-02-13, Confirmed 72–28, roll call)
Voted Yea on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025-02-13, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (2025-02-12, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2025-02-06, Confirmed 53–47, roll call)
Voted Yea on Eric Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2025-02-05, Confirmed 55–44, roll call)
Voted Yea on Pamela Bondi, Attorney General (2025-02-04, Confirmed 54–46, roll call)
Voted Yea on Douglas Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2025-02-04, Confirmed 77–23, roll call)
Voted Yea on Christopher Wright, Secretary of Energy (2025-02-03, Confirmed 59–38, roll call)
Voted Yea on Douglas Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (2025-01-30, Confirmed 80–17, roll call)
Voted Yea on Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2025-01-29, Confirmed 56–42, roll call)
Voted Yea on Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation (2025-01-28, Confirmed 77–22, roll call)
Voted Yea on Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury (2025-01-27, Confirmed 68–29, roll call)
Voted Yea on Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security (2025-01-25, Confirmed 59–34, roll call)
Voted Yea on Peter Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (2025-01-24, Confirmed 50–50, roll call)
Voted Yea on John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2025-01-23, Confirmed 74–25, roll call)
Voted Yea on Marco Rubio, Secretary of State (2025-01-20, Confirmed 99–0, roll call)
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Where they stand
In their own words, from their campaign and official websites, summarised in plain English. Under each issue, their Senate votes: Final passage votes in the Senate in the last two Congresses (2023 to now), matched to each issue by Congress.gov's own topic for the bill (and its subject tags, unless it is a catch-all bill with dozens), closest votes first: a lopsided vote says little about where anyone stands.
Sullivan says Arctic security is critical to American security and points to the military build-up in Alaska and the U.S.-Denmark-Greenland deal as strengthening national security in the Arctic.
“America is an Arctic nation because of Alaska, and Arctic security is critically important to American security.”
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Dan Sullivan (REP, incumbent)
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$9.1M through 2026-07-29individuals $4.1M · PACs $1.9M · party $62K · from the candidate's other committees $2.8M · cash on hand $7.3M
NORTH STAR— $5.0M opposing Sullivan
· 3 ads on this pageWOMEN VOTE— $2.8M opposing SullivanLargest donors:
PIVOTAL VENTURES LLC $1.0M (15%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); EMILYS LIST ACTION $800K (12%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Marsha Laufer $700K (10%), NOT Employed, Retired; DMFI PAC $650K (10%); GREEN ADVOCACY PROJECT $500K (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION— $2.2M supporting Sullivan
· 4 ads on this pageLargest donors:
KOCH INC $30.0M (33%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); STAND TOGETHER INC. $20.0M (22%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Jim C Walton $7.0M (8%), Self-Employed, Philanthropist; S Robson Walton $7.0M (8%), Retired, Retired; STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC $6.5M (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)WINSENATE— $2.0M opposing SullivanLargest donors:
SMP $4.1M (100%) (its largest donors: MAJORITY FORWARD $61.0M, an organization; Fred Eychaner $9.0M; DEMOCRACY PAC $9.0M)NO GOING BACK PAC INC.— $1.8M supporting Sullivanand 10 more
What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Shown in equal numbers.
Praise
Sen. Lisa Murkowski: Endorsed Sullivan for reelection in 2026, breaking from her past cross-party support for Peltola. washingtonexaminer.com
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Shauna Hegna, ANCSA Regional Association Chair: Praised Sullivan's advocacy for Alaska Native corporations' access to federal contracting, calling him an ally. adn.com
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President Donald Trump: Called Sullivan a great senator and said no one has helped Alaska more, pledging to campaign for him. alaskapublic.org
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Donald Trump: Endorsed Sullivan for reelection, saying he has always delivered for Alaska and is fighting for lower taxes, border security, energy dominance and the military. adn.com
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Criticism
Dan J. Sullivan: Criticized the senator for embracing Trump's endorsement, saying Trump cares more about tariffs than lowering costs. cbsnews.com
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Lottsfeldt: Said Sullivan is in trouble after finishing second in the primary in a red state. adn.com
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Wieber: Said Sullivan failed to support Peltola's earlier bycatch bill and that his new version favors large trawling operators over small ones. adn.com
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Lauren French, Senate Majority PAC spokesperson: Said Sullivan should spend less time complaining and more time explaining his vote to cut Medicaid. cnn.com
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Controversies
Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source.
Court cases
Alaska Division of Elections disqualification of namesake challenger, later overturned
Alaska's Division of Elections disqualified Dan J. Sullivan, Sen. Dan S. Sullivan's namesake challenger, from the primary ballot, finding his candidacy was not filed in good faith and was intended to confuse voters; a state judge and later the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that decision unlawful and ordered him reinstated on the ballot. Sen. Sullivan's campaign and allies said the challenger's candidacy was fraudulent, which the challenger denied.
Federal Election Commission complaints over namesake challenger's campaign Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee filed multiple complaints with the FEC alleging that Dan J. Sullivan coordinated with Democratic consultant Amber Lee to launch a fraudulent campaign and violated candidacy filing deadlines; a separate group, Americans for Public Trust, later filed a complaint alleging he received undue in-kind help from a progressive group. Dan J. Sullivan has denied coordinating with Democrats.
Allegation regarding Sullivan family company and Senate votes Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
Salon and The Intercept reported, and Sullivan's 2020 opponent Al Gross alleged, that Sullivan's financial stake in his family's company RPM International and its ties to lobbying interests including the Pebble mine partnership presented a conflict of interest with his Senate votes; Sullivan's campaign manager said the reporting was baseless.
Secretly recorded Pebble mine executive comments about influence with Sullivan Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
Secretly recorded tapes released by an environmental group quoted former Pebble mine CEO Tom Collier telling people posing as investors that Sullivan's public opposition to the Pebble mine was not genuine and that he was hoping to "ride out the election" while remaining privately supportive; Sullivan's office said his position had not changed and he subsequently issued a stronger statement opposing the mine.
FEC complaint alleging prohibited coordinated communications through common vendor (2014 campaign)
The American Democracy Legal Fund filed an FEC complaint (MUR 6888) alleging that Sullivan's 2014 campaign coordinated with Americans for Prosperity through a common data vendor, i360, LLC, in violation of federal election law. The FEC found no reason to believe Sullivan or his committee had violated the law and closed the file.
FEC complaint over campaign data-sharing arrangement
A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (Supplemental Complaint in MUR 6888) named Dan Sullivan, campaign aide Eric Campbell, and Sullivan for US Senate, alleging prohibited coordination through a common vendor, i360, LLC, that also worked with groups opposing his 2014 opponent. The Sullivan campaign's response called the complaint's allegations "entirely unsupported by facts and based wholly on conjecture and assumption" and asked that it be dismissed.
Response: The Complaint fails to make the showing required to support a reason to believe finding as the sweeping allegations contained in the Complaint are entirely unsupported by facts and based wholly on conjecture and assumption.
State and federal investigation into namesake Senate challenger
NBC News reported, citing sources, that the FBI, the Alaska attorney general and the U.S. attorney's office in Alaska were investigating whether Dan S. Sullivan's namesake challenger, Dan J. Sullivan, conspired with others to confuse voters and boost Democrat Mary Peltola, and Reuters and NBC later reported that a grand jury issued subpoenas as part of a federal probe into the candidacy. The senator has accused his challenger of running a sham campaign coordinated with Democrats, which the challenger and Peltola's campaign have denied.
Lieutenant governor's investigation into namesake challenger's candidacy
Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom opened an investigation into whether Dan J. Sullivan filed his Senate candidacy in good faith, citing "credible allegations" that he coordinated with another campaign to confuse voters, and demanded he answer questions under penalty of perjury; some attorneys questioned the investigation's legal basis. Sullivan asserted he had done nothing wrong.
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