Democrat ahead of Republican incumbent in Alaska Senate primary
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Former Rep. Mary Peltola was ahead of the Republican incumbent in Alaska’s Senate primary on Tuesday. She was just barely ahead of GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan in polling, but with 80% of the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, Peltola, the Democrat, was ahead by a 6-percentage-point margin.
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Observers call Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, ‘a unicorn’ Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate.
Alaska voters will deliver the first statewide verdict Tuesday in one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the midterm elections, offering an early measure of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola before their expected showdown this fall.
The race to win one of two U.S. Senate seats from Alaska is getting much tougher for Democrats after the campaign for their candidate was tossed into turmoil. Just days before the primary election, candidate Mary Peltola has lost an influential political adviser and campaign manager.
Alaska voters are choosing candidates for November's general election in a series of primary contests Tuesday, including a U.S. Senate race that will be among the most closely watched in the nation this fall.
The Senate race in Alaska has emerged as one of the most closely watched of 2026, with polls showing a tight contest between Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Alaskans head to the polls on Tuesday for one of the final primaries of the 2026 election cycle.
Before launching a Republican campaign for Alaska's Senate seat, retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan voted for former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) in 2022 and 2024. Sullivan now faces her, Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska) and other candidates in Tuesday's open primary election.
Voting ends Tuesday in Alaska as voters choose who will duke it out in one of the most closely watched Senate races this cycle. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) is on defense as Democrats look to former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) to flip the seat.
Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan told the New York Times he has never voted for President Donald Trump, despite running as a Republican against the incumbent GOP senator who shares his name, according to a profile published Monday.
NBC News projects that Sullivan and Peltola will advance to the general election, but it’s not clear whether Sullivan will also face an opponent with the same name.
Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan are advancing to the general election Senate in Alaska, Decision Desk HQ projects. It’s the third cycle under Alaska’s new voting system, in which the top four candidates will advance from the primary, regardless of party…
Early returns show both Sullivans and Peltola will advance to the November ballot, in an election that has attracted more than $30 million. The race for fourth was too close to call.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola advanced from Alaska’s crowded primary Tuesday, setting up the next phase of one of the most closely watched Senate battles of the midterm elections.
Peltola, a Democrat, had 45.9% of the vote, leading incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by less than a percentage point with fewer than half of precincts reporting Tuesday night.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola wasted no time preparing for their general election campaign after Tuesday’s primary in Alaska, criticizing each other’s records and previewing the next phase of a high-stakes Senate race that has drawn n…
