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2026 U.S. Senate election in Alaska

Election: 11/3/2026
United States Senate • Alaska
Updated: 5/3/2026

Voters in Alaska will elect one member to the U.S. Senate on November 3, 2026. The race is for the state's Class II seat, currently held by Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, and it is being watched as a test of whether Democrats can make the seat competitive under Alaska's top-four primary and ranked-choice general-election system.

Latest Poll

Alaska Survey Research · Apr 19

Peltola
49.1%
Sullivan
42.5%
Ryan
5.2%
Hill
3.2%
3 polls total — view all ↓

Candidates

Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

R Incumbent

Dan Sullivan is the Republican incumbent U.S. senator from Alaska, first elected in 2014. Since the last update, his campaign reported a first-quarter fundraising total of $2.1 million, and he continues to emphasize his record on Alaska-specific priorities while facing a challenge from Mary Peltola.

Mary Peltola is a former Alaska at-large U.S. representative who served from 2022 to 2024 and was the first Alaska Native elected to Congress. Since the last update, her campaign reported raising $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring that she is mounting a well-funded challenge to incumbent Dan Sullivan.

Dustin T. Darden is a Republican candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate race. Ballotpedia also notes that he ran for Anchorage School Board Seat D in 2026 and lost in the general election on April 7, 2026.

Richard Grayson is the Green Party candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate race. Publicly available coverage on his Senate campaign is limited, and he appears on the Alaska Division of Elections candidate list and related election coverage.

Sidney I. Hill is an independent candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate race. He also appeared in Alaska Survey Research's April 2026 general-election polling as a minor candidate in the race.

William L. Hunt is a Democratic candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate race. His campaign website presents him as a candidate focused on Alaska issues, but there is limited independent coverage available in the sources reviewed.

Richard B. Mayers is a Republican candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate race. Publicly available coverage on his campaign was limited in the sources reviewed, and he appears on Alaska election candidate listings.

Polling

Alaska Survey Research Apr 19, 2026
n=1,946
Mary Peltola
49.1%
Dan Sullivan
42.5%
James Ryan
5.2%
Sid Hill
3.2%
Mary Peltola
50.2%
Dan Sullivan
43.6%
James Ryan
6.2%
Source
Alaska Survey Research Mar 22, 2026
n=1,590
Mary Peltola
48.5%
Dan Sullivan
40.7%
Source
Alaska Survey Research Jan 11, 2026
n=1,988
Mary Peltola
48%
Dan Sullivan
46%
Source

Data Analysis Information

Data compiled from public sources and analyzed using AI. Last updated 5/3/2026. Visit candidate websites for the most current information.

Models: GPT-5 MiniGPT-5 Nano

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