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Gerald L. Heikes

Holds no public office; a certified candidate with a Palmer address. Campaign affiliation: Registered Republican.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Gerald L. Heikes

Background

  • Certified by the Division of Elections as a candidate for the November 3, 2026 general election, a registered Republican with a Palmer address.
  • Received 1,741 votes, 1.05 per cent, in the August 18, 2026 primary.

What they say they want to do

No statement of what he wants to do was found. He filed no pamphlet statement, and the Division lists no website for him, now or in the 2024 primary. He did not answer the 2026 voter guide of four Alaska newsrooms or iVoterGuide's questionnaire. Web searches for his name on September 23 and 24, 2026, including with X, Instagram and Facebook, found no campaign site or social account of his own.

What the official record shows

He holds no public office and Congress.gov has no member record for him, so there is no official record of votes, bills or decisions to list.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

There is no money table because there is no committee. The FEC's records for this race and his House runs of 2016, 2020 and 2024 show no committee and no filings.

Issues in this record

Follow the evidence by issue.

Energy and resource developmentFisheries, bycatch and trawlingTaxes and the cost of livingThe military, the Coast Guard and veteransLegal help for survivors of domestic violenceElections, ethics and the power of Congress

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    General-election candidate list reviewed

    The Division of Elections listed four certified candidates for U.S. Senator when The Stated Record checked it on September 23, 2026: Gerald L. Heikes, Mary Peltola, Dan S. Sullivan and Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.

  2. race event

    Top-four primary

    Official results: Mary Peltola 82,244 (49.54%), Dan S. Sullivan 68,726 (41.40%), Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. 4,107 (2.47%), Gerald L. Heikes 1,741 (1.05%), among sixteen candidates.

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Sources7 source records

How we use sources

  1. 2026 general election candidate listhttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/candidates/

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Division's list of certified candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election, read September 23, 2026. It lists four candidates for U.S. Senator, alphabetically: Heikes, Gerald L. (Registered Republican); Peltola, Mary (Registered Democrat); Sullivan, Dan S. (Registered Republican, incumbent); Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr. (Registered Republican). For Gerald L. Heikes it gives an address and telephone number only: no website, email or pamphlet statement.

    official election record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; General-election candidate list reviewed

  2. 2024 primary candidate listhttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/candidates/?election=24prim

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Division's list for the August 2024 primary, read September 23, 2026. Gerald L. Heikes ran for U.S. Representative; his entry gives an address, phone and email, and no website or pamphlet statement.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. 2026 Alaska Voter Guide, U.S. Senatehttps://www.ktoo.org/2026voterguide/

    KTOO, Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media and Anchorage Daily News · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    The four newsrooms' joint guide for the August 18, 2026 primary. On the U.S. Senate tab, each of his answers reads “We made several attempts to contact the candidate, but the candidate did not respond,” except his hometown, which the guide took from the Division. Read September 24, 2026 through the data the page loads from app.electup.com. The Alaska Beacon's own copy returned 403 and was not tried further.

    original reporting

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Gerald L. Heikes, 2026 U.S. Senate profilehttps://ivoterguide.com/candidate/31959/race/27432/election/1416

    iVoterGuide · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    A voter-guide site's profile of him for the 2026 Senate race. Every questionnaire item is marked “Did not answer” and every biography field “Candidate did not provide”. Read September 24, 2026.

    original reporting

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. Gerald L. Heikes, candidate record (S8AK00140)https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8AK00140/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's candidate record for him, read September 23, 2026: no principal campaign committee and no financial report for the 2026 cycle.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  6. Gerald L. Heikes, House candidate record (H6AK00268)https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6AK00268/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's record of his House runs of 2016, 2020 and 2024, read September 23, 2026: no committee and no filings.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. 2026 Primary Election summary report, official results (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official results of the August 18, 2026 top-four primary, report dated August 31, 2026, with 401 of 403 precincts reported. U.S. Senator: Mary Peltola 82,244 (49.54%), Dan S. Sullivan 68,726 (41.40%), Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. 4,107 (2.47%), David B. Leslie 1,850 (1.11%), Gerald L. Heikes 1,741 (1.05%), and eleven others.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Top-four primary