# Dan Sullivan ## Summary U.S. Senator from Alaska since 2015. Former Alaska Attorney General (2009–2010) and Commissioner of Natural Resources (2010–2013). Marine Corps Reserve; Iraq and Afghanistan service. Harvard Law School; Georgetown. Born in Ohio, relocated to Alaska after military service. Running for a third term in 2026. ## Senate career - Two terms (2015–2027); re-elected 2020 with 53.9% vs. Al Gross (I) - Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Commerce, Environment and Public Works committees - Consistently pro-Trump on major votes; traditional R on energy, military, regulatory issues - Alaska-specific focus: Arctic infrastructure, oil and gas, missile defense ## 2026: running Running for a third term. The race shifted from Solid R to Lean R after **Mary Peltola's January 2026 entry** into the Democratic primary. Peltola's Q1 fundraising haul ($9M) quadrupled Sullivan's Q1 — extraordinary for a D challenger in a Trump +14 state. Ranked-choice voting (Alaska's nonpartisan primary / RCV general system) is a structural wildcard favoring Peltola's cross-party appeal. See [[AK-Sen-2026]]. ## Related KB entities - [[AK-Sen-2026]] — his re-election race - [[Mary Peltola]] — D challenger ## Sources - [Wikipedia — Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sullivan_(U.S._senator))