Election 2026
Independent, source-first accountability
Issue record
In short
No position was found for Heikes. Peltola's campaign backs 12-year term limits for Congress, a ban on stock trading by members, the DISCLOSE Act and overturning Citizens United. Dan Sullivan's campaign lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. Daniel Sullivan Jr. backs open primaries, ranked-choice voting, easier voting and overturning Citizens United, and says Congress has given up its role to the executive branch.
Campaign positions
No position was found. The Division of Elections candidate list gives only his name, party registration, address and telephone number; he filed no statement for the official election pamphlet, the list names no website or email for him, and the Federal Election Commission shows no campaign committee for him this cycle. He did not answer the 2026 voter guides of four Alaska newsrooms or iVoterGuide.
Her campaign backs twelve-year term limits for Congress, a ban on stock trading by members, a ban on federal officials taking gifts from foreign governments, the DISCLOSE Act, and a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United.
No position on term limits, stock trading by members of Congress or campaign finance was found in his campaign site, read in full through its public content feed on September 23, 2026 (nine pages and 33 posts, with no issues page), and his election pamphlet statement. The site's posts about the ballot concern one candidate's eligibility in this race, which is not a position on election law.
His questionnaire answers support open primaries and ranked-choice voting, say voting should be made easier rather than harder, oppose the Lieutenant Governor sending voter data to the federal government, and support overturning Citizens United and the Electoral Count Reform Act. He says Congress has abdicated its role to the executive.
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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: Gerald L. Heikes: campaign position
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: Gerald L. Heikes: campaign position
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: Gerald L. Heikes: campaign position
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: Gerald L. Heikes: campaign position
Alaskans for Mary · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Issue page. Campaign-controlled source; claims are attributed, not independently verified. Her filed website, confirmed by its line “Paid for by Alaskans for Mary”. The whole site was read through its public content feed on September 23, 2026: 29 pages and 64 posts. Links in two posts that run through an email-tracking service carrying a subscriber identifier were deliberately not followed.
candidate statement
For: Mary Peltola: campaign position
Alaskans for Dan Sullivan · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; claims are attributed, not independently verified. The committee's filed website is WWW.DANSULLIVANFORALASKA.COM; the www host fails a secure connection, so the site was read at the bare domain, confirmed by its line "Paid for by Alaskans for Dan Sullivan". The whole site was read through its public content feed on September 23, 2026: nine pages and 33 posts, and no issues page.
candidate statement
For: Dan S. Sullivan: campaign position
Alaskans for Dan Sullivan · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign biography page, dated May 5, 2026 in the site's own feed. Campaign-controlled source; claims are attributed, not independently verified. The committee's filed website is WWW.DANSULLIVANFORALASKA.COM; the www host fails a secure connection, so the site was read at the bare domain, confirmed by its line "Paid for by Alaskans for Dan Sullivan". The whole site was read through its public content feed on September 23, 2026: nine pages and 33 posts, and no issues page.
candidate statement
For: Dan S. Sullivan: campaign position
Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026
Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division, which says the views are the candidate's and not endorsed by it. A PDF, saved and hashed in the research folder; the seafood sentence the desk quotes is checked against the Division's copy.
candidate statement
For: Dan S. Sullivan: campaign position
Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate · Published Jul 13, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His answers to Alaska Public Media's questionnaire, posted July 13, 2026. Campaign-controlled source; positions are attributed, not independently verified. Confirmed as his by the footer “Paid for by Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate P.O. Box 1656, Petersburg, Alaska 99833”. The research agent's network could not reach the site (a failed secure connection, and a network security filter on the plain address), and the filter was not bypassed; the site was read in full on September 23, 2026 in the owner's own browser: home, press (two releases), links, and six posts found through its sitemap. The owner's browser saved the pages' text on September 23, 2026, and the desk's quotations are checked against that saved copy.
candidate statement
For: Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.: campaign position
Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate · Published Jul 31, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His answers to the League of Women Voters questionnaire, posted July 31, 2026. Campaign-controlled source; positions are attributed, not independently verified. Confirmed as his by the footer “Paid for by Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate P.O. Box 1656, Petersburg, Alaska 99833”. The research agent's network could not reach the site (a failed secure connection, and a network security filter on the plain address), and the filter was not bypassed; the site was read in full on September 23, 2026 in the owner's own browser: home, press (two releases), links, and six posts found through its sitemap. The owner's browser saved the pages' text on September 23, 2026, and the desk's quotations are checked against that saved copy.
candidate statement
For: Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.: campaign position
Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division: retired elementary school teacher, Petersburg since May 1980, work for the U.S. Forest Service and in logging and construction, and a pledge to stand for fair elections and equal access to the ballot. A PDF, saved and hashed in the research folder; not quoted directly.
candidate statement
For: Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.: campaign position