| The Green Papers: Alaska 2026 General Election |
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Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 18 August 2026 General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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Any voter may participate in the Alaska Democratic Party and Alaska Libertarian Party primary. All candidates, party members and independents, participate in a non-partisan Primary. The top four vote getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the General Election. The General Election uses an instant-runoff where voters rank their choices (for all offices including President). Should no candidate win a majority (50% + 1), the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Voters who voted for the lowest vote-getter as their 1st choice have their votes redistributed to their 2nd choice. The process continues until one candidate receives a majority. General Election Candidates from the Alaska Division of Elections. Filing for Office and 2026 Primary Election from the Alaska Division of Elections. 2026 Primary Sample ballot from the Alaska Division of Elections. 18 August 2026 primary returns from an official source, |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Dan S. Sullivan • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • on General Election ballot |
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Republican | Gerald L. "Jer" "Jerry" Heikes • Received 1.05% in the 18 August 2026 Primary. • FEC S8AK00140 |
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Democratic | former Member of Congress Mary Sattler Peltola • Received 49.54% in the 18 August 2026 Primary. on General Election ballot. First elected to the US House: 16 August 2023 in a Special Election re: the passing of Member of Congress Donald Edwin "Don" Young (Republican); re-elected: 2022; Lost the General Election: 2024. • FEC S6AK00276; 29 Jul 26; Tot $18,545,132; Dsb $13,908,377 |
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Republican | Daniel J. "Dan" Sullivan, Jr. • Received 2.47% in the 18 August 2026 Primary. On General Election ballot. Similar name but no relation to Senator Dan S. Sullivan (Republican). 15 June 2026: de-certified. Similar name but no relation to Senator Dan S. Sullivan (Republican) AKA Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. circa 23 June 2026: Filed suit, Sullivan v Elections Division, Superior Court, Anchorage 3rd district, 3AN-26-07485 CI. Suit argues that states cannot add qualifications to Congressional candidates. 25 June 2026: Hearing on Sullivan v State of Alaska Division of Elections, 3AN-26-07485C1, 1p AKDT. A decision is needed by 30 June to accommodate printing of the ballots. 25 June 2026: Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Matthews restores Danial J. Sullivan, Jr. to the ballot. The Division of Elections is expected to appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court. 29 June 2026: Alaska Supreme Court orders Dan J. Sullivan to be on the primary ballot. S19935 State of Alaska, Division of Elections v. Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. 24 July 2026: Party label left blank on sample ballot. • FEC S6AK00326; 29 Jul 26; Tot $18,835; Dsb $10,435 |
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Republican | Senator Dan S. Sullivan • Received 41.40% in the 18 August 2026 Primary. On General Election ballot. Similar name but no relation to Daniel J. "Dan" Sullivan, Jr. (Republican) • FEC S4AK00214; 29 Jul 26; Tot $9,136,967; Dsb $3,932,803 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Lisa Murkowski • Appointed by Governor Frank H. Murkowski (Republican) on 20 December 2002, to fill vacancy left by the resignation of her father, the same Frank H. Murkowski, when he resigned to become Governor of the State on 2 December 2002. First elected: 2004; relected: 2010 (as a write-in), 2016, 2022. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028 |
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Green | Richard Grayson • Resident of Arizona • FEC S8AK00181 |
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Republican | James Michael Ryan • 26 August 2025: Filed for the election in 2028. Lives in JACKSONVILLE, FL. • FEC S8AK00173 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
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Republican | Governor Mike J. Dunleavy • First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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Republican | former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson • for Lieutenant Governor: Josh Church • on General Election ballot. |
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• for Lieutenant Governor: Jodi Taylor • former Attorney General Treg Taylor's wife. |
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Democratic; Nonpartisan | former state Representative Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins • for Lieutenant Governor: Zac Johnson • Jonathan "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins (Democratic) Zac Johnson (Nonpartisan) on General Election ballot |
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Republican | former Attorney General Treg Taylor • for Lieutenant Governor: Candi English |
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Republican | Bernadette M. Wilson • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Senator Michael K. "Mike" Shower • On General Election ballot. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor | |||||
Open |
Republican | Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom • First elected: 2022 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • Open Seat - 5 May 2025: Candidate for Governor in 2026. 1 June 2026: Did not file for Governor. |
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| 119th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 on General Election ballot) | |||||
| Incumbent - 119th Congress | |||||
| At-Large |
Republican | Member of Congress Nicholas "Nick" Begich, III • First elected: 2024. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • on General Election ballot |
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| Candidate list (4) - 120th Congress | |||||
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Republican | Member of Congress Nicholas "Nick" Begich, III • Received 44.62% in the 18 August primary - on General Election ballot • FEC H2AK01083; 29 Jul 26; Tot $5,470,446; Dsb $2,455,619 |
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Democratic | Eric Hafner • Received 3.79% in the 18 August primary - on General Election ballot. South Dakota resident serving a 20 year federal prison sentence in New York. • FEC H4AK00164 |
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Nonpartisan | former Bristol Bay Borough School Superintendent Bill Hill • Received 32.53% in the 18 August primary - on General Election ballot • FEC H6AK01092; 29 Jul 26; Tot $1,336,292; Dsb $820,406 |
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Libertarian | James C. "Jim" McDermott • on General Election Ballot. Received 1.2% in the 18 August primary. • FEC H2AK00143 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 2 candidates | |
| • Republican: 5 incumbents, 8 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Constitution (affiliates) | |
| • Green (affiliates): 1 candidate | |
| • Libertarian: 1 candidate | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Alaskan | |
| • Alaskan Independence | |
| • Justice Party | |
| • Unity | |
| Independents | |
| • Nonpartisan: 2 candidates | |
| • Undeclared | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
| Links Links to other web sites |
| Election Authority | |
| • Alaska Division of Elections | |
| • Alaska Public Offices Commission | |
| Legislature Links to State Legislatures | |
| • Alaska Legislature | |
| Democratic | |
| • Alaska's Democratic Legislators | |
| Republican | |
| • Republican Party of Alaska | |
| Third Party | |
| • Alaska Constitution Party | |
| • Alaska Libertarian Party | |
| • Alaskan Independence Party 7 December 2025: Formally dissolved. | |
| • Green Party of Alaska 11 January 2021: Green Party National Committee decertifies the Alaska Green Party due to the Alaska affiliate's declining to place the Green Party of the United States presidential nominees on the Alaska ballot. | |
| • Justice Party of Alaska | |
| • The Unity Party of Alaska | |
| • The Unity Party of Alaska | |
| Media & others | |
| • Anchorage Daily News | |
| • Juneau Empire | |
| • Ketchikan Daily News | |
| • Kodiak Daily Mirror | |
| • KTUU TV - NBC - Anchorage | |
| • Nome Nugget | |
| • Petersburg Pilot | |
| • Politics1.com - Alaska | |
| • The Alaska Star - Eagle River | |
| • The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Wasilla | |
| • The Peninsula Clarion - Kenai | |
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