Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate · Alaska

4 candidates on the ballot.1,2

How this race is decided: Alaska's general election uses ranked-choice voting among the four candidates who advanced from the August top-four primary: if no one wins a majority of first choices, the last-place candidate is dropped and those ballots count for their next choice, round by round, until one candidate has a majority.3

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Gerald L. Heikes
Registered Republican · Challenger
Mary Peltola
Registered Democrat · Challenger
Dan S. Sullivan
Registered Republican · Incumbent
Currently serves as a U.S. senator from Alaska.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
No party label on the ballot · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Gerald L. HeikesMary PeltolaDan S. SullivanDaniel J. Sullivan Jr.
Party on the ballotRegistered Republican1,2Registered Democrat1,2Registered Republican1,2No party label on the ballot1,2
StatusChallengerChallengerIncumbent4Challenger
RaisedNot found in the public sources we checked$36,887,509 through October 14, 20265$11,508,274 through October 14, 20266$30,556 through October 14, 20267
Cash on handNot found in the public sources we checked$4,102,1265$2,839,7586$1,9027
Outside spending$2,416,675 for · $0 against8$8,300,672 for · $37,925,135 against9$10,995,792 for · $34,850,913 against10$0 for · $38,036 against11

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Mary Peltola — 15 issues
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    Her campaign website says she supports passing the DISCLOSE Act to reveal who funds election ads and a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United decision.12
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks through the Restore Trust in Congress Act, and would require members to divest their assets or place them in a blind trust.12
  • Term limits for Congress
    Her campaign website says she would push for 12-year term limits in Congress.12
  • Clean energy tax credits
    Restore the credits the 2025 law ended or cut back
    Her campaign website says she would work to restore the federal tax credits for solar, wind and hydropower projects that were cut by the federal reconciliation bill.13,14
  • Nuclear power
    Her campaign website says she would work to expand energy tax credits so rural communities can invest in small modular nuclear reactors.14
  • Permitting for energy projects
    Her campaign website says she would pass permitting reform to speed up approval of Alaska energy projects.14
  • Child care costs
    Her campaign website says she would cut red tape and expand grants, forgivable loans and tax credits to make it easier to open child care businesses, including in rural communities.13
  • Child tax credit
    Her campaign website says she would work to pass an expanded child tax credit of $3,600 a year for each child under 6 and $3,000 for each child aged 6 to 17.13
  • Food assistance (SNAP)
    Her campaign website says she would work to reverse federal cuts to the food assistance and housing programs that veterans rely on.15
  • Homelessness
    Her campaign website says she would work to end veteran homelessness, including by restoring the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and adding permanent supportive housing.15
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    Her campaign website says she would crack down on out-of-state corporations and hedge funds that buy up homes.13
  • Income tax on Social Security benefits
    End income tax on Social Security benefits
    Her campaign website says she would work to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.13
  • Federal income tax rates
    Her campaign website says she would cut taxes for more than half of Alaskans and end federal income tax for working and middle-class Alaskans earning under $92,000 a year, paid for by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires.13
  • VA staffing
    Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
    Her campaign website says she would restore the VA's clinical workforce.15
  • Veterans' disability and survivor benefits
    Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
    Her campaign website says she supports the Major Richard Star Act, so that veterans medically retired because of combat injuries with fewer than 20 years of service no longer have their military retirement pay reduced when they receive VA disability pay, and says she would expand survivor and caregiver benefits.15

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.