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MIDTERMS 2026 - SENATE

Alaska

TOSS UP R-held

Election day is Tuesday, November 3 - 7 days away.

DEMOCRAT

Mary Peltola

Former U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large seat (2022-2025) and the first Alaska Native elected to Congress. source

REPUBLICAN - INCUMBENT

Dan Sullivan

U.S. senator since 2015, seeking a third term; former Alaska attorney general and Marine Corps Reserve officer. source

Where they differ

Only issues they disagree on. Each position is something the candidate said, voted for or published, linked to where.

Iran war

PELTOLA

Opposes the Iran war and says she would have voted with Democrats for war powers measures to halt it. source

SULLIVAN

Voted against Senate war powers resolutions to halt U.S. military action in Iran in May and June 2026. source

Medicaid and the 2025 tax-and-spending law

PELTOLA

Says her immediate priority is reversing the law's Medicaid cuts and restoring health care. source

SULLIVAN

Voted for the law and says it did not cut Medicaid funding for Alaskans. source

Tariffs on Canada

PELTOLA

Criticizes Sullivan's support for Trump's tariffs, citing an Alaska air taxi firm that cancelled a Canadian parts order. source

SULLIVAN

Voted in April 2025 against ending Trump's Canada tariff emergency, calling tariffs leverage against fentanyl. source

Abortion

PELTOLA

Supports abortion rights, a position she stressed at her January 2026 campaign launch. source

SULLIVAN

Voted in 2022 against advancing the Women's Health Protection Act, which would have written abortion rights into federal law. source

The money

Each campaign's own filings with the Federal Election Commission, for the whole 2026 cycle. Reports are filed on different days, so check the date under each name.

RAISED

Peltola $32.6M

Sullivan $14.1M

SPENT

Peltola $29.5M

Sullivan $12.0M

CASH LEFT

Peltola $3.2M

Sullivan $2.8M

Peltola: through 2026-09-30; Sullivan: through 2026-10-14. Source: FEC, read 2026-10-23.

Outside groups

Money super PACs, parties and other groups reported spending on their own to help or hurt each candidate.

Mary Peltola

to help $455K

to hurt $3.0M

Dan Sullivan

to help $1.6M

to hurt $2.5M

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC for the 2026 cycle, primary included. Groups that do not have to report (some issue ads) are not counted.

Latest polling

A New York Times/Siena poll (Sept. 21-Oct. 1, likely voters) found Peltola ahead by 7 points. source

Alaska right now

How the state is doing going into the vote, from the people who count it.

JOBLESS RATE

4.3%

US: 4.2%

September 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary. Source: BLS

GAS, REGULAR

$4.83

US: $4.27

State average on 2026-10-27. Source: AAA

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Mary Peltola by Leah Herman, House Creative Services, Public domain; Dan Sullivan by United States Senate, Public domain.

Positions checked 2026-10-23. Things they agree on are left out on purpose. Spot something wrong? Use the feedback button and we will fix it.