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Legal help for survivors of domestic violence

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Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Gerald L. Heikes

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.

Alaska Division of Elections Federal Election Commission KTOO, Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media and Anchorage Daily News iVoterGuide

Mary Peltola

Her campaign lists among her record the House bill she sponsored to provide pro bono legal services to survivors of domestic violence.

Alaskans for Mary

Dan S. Sullivan

His campaign says his POWER Act has given survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault access to legal services, and his pamphlet statement lists expanding free legal services to survivors.

Alaskans for Dan Sullivan Alaska Division of Elections

Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.

No position on domestic violence or legal help for survivors was found in his campaign site as read on September 23, 2026 (home page, two press releases and six posts, including his answers to two voter-guide questionnaires) and his election pamphlet statement.

Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate Alaska Division of Elections
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Evidence timeline

Where statements meet the record.

  1. Occurred Dec 20, 2022

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    Mary Peltola: Matches stated record claim

    Her campaign lists among her record that she sponsored House legislation giving survivors of domestic violence pro bono legal services, which later became law through an identical Senate companion bill. She introduced H.R. 9113, the POWER 2.0 Act, on September 30, 2022; it was referred to a House Judiciary subcommittee and went no further. Its operative section is word for word the section of the Senate bill that became law: both strike “for a period of 4 years” from section 3(a) of the 2018 POWER Act, so that its pro bono program no longer expires. That Senate bill, S. 3115, was sponsored by Dan S. Sullivan, introduced on October 28, 2021 and passed by the Senate on August 6, 2022, before her House bill existed. In the House debate, Representative Jerrold Nadler thanked her “for leading the House version” and called her “the House sponsor of the bill”. The House passed S. 3115 on December 1, 2022, 406 to 14, with her vote (roll call 499), and it became Public Law 117-252 on December 20, 2022. Limit: Her campaign's sentence is accurate. The Senate bill, sponsored by Dan S. Sullivan, came first and had passed the Senate eight weeks before she filed hers. In the House she was named its sponsor, spoke for it and voted for it. Both candidates claim this law; each claim has its own card.

    Alaskans for Mary Congress.gov Congress.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office U.S. Government Publishing Office Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
  2. Occurred Dec 20, 2022

    official action

    Dan S. Sullivan: Matches stated record claim

    His campaign biography says his POWER Act has enabled thousands of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to reach legal services. He sponsored the POWER Act, S. 717, introduced March 23, 2017; it became Public Law 115-237 on September 4, 2018, with its pro bono program set to run for four years. He then sponsored S. 3115, the POWER 2.0 Act, introduced October 28, 2021, which removes that limit by striking “for a period of 4 years”; the Senate passed it on August 6, 2022 and it became Public Law 117-252 on December 20, 2022. Mary Peltola introduced a House bill with the same operative text, H.R. 9113, on September 30, 2022; that bill was not acted on, and the enacted law is his Senate bill. Limit: Both laws are his by sponsorship, which is what “his” claims. How many survivors have reached legal help because of them is not reported by the laws or by any official source this desk read, so “thousands” is not settled either way. Both candidates in this race claim the 2022 law, and each claim is shown on its own card.

    Alaskans for Dan Sullivan Congress.gov Congress.gov U.S. Government Publishing Office Congress.gov

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