United States Senate election in Alaska, 2026 (August 18 top-four primary)
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| U.S. Senate, Alaska |
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| Top-four primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: June 1, 2026 |
| Primary: August 18, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 Pre-election incumbent: Daniel S. Sullivan (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
Inside Elections: Lean Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • At-large Alaska elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A top-four primary will take place on August 18, 2026, in Alaska to determine which four candidates will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Daniel S. Sullivan (Republican), who was first elected in 2014.
Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Thirty-three of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for election, and another two seats are up for special election. Democrats hold 13 of the seats up for election, and Republicans hold 22. As of January 2026, nine members of the U.S. Senate announced they are not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. Senate elections taking place this year, click here.
This page focuses on Alaska's United States Senate top-four primary. For more in-depth information on the general election, see the following page:
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Alaska
Candidate | ||
 | Daniel S. Sullivan (R) | |
 | Dustin Darden (R) | |
 | Richard Grayson (G) | |
 | Mary Peltola (D) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ann Diener (D)
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Alaska
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4]
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Daniel S. Sullivan | Republican Party | $7,365,342 | $2,262,211 | $5,834,874 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Mary Peltola | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Dustin Darden | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Richard Grayson | Green Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Alaska in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Alaska, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Alaska | U.S. Senate | All candidates | N/A | 100 | 6/1/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in Alaska, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "August 18, 2020 Primary Election Information," accessed November 25, 2025
- ↑ The Alaska Legislature, "Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010," accessed November 25, 2025
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
