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Campaign positions

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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 proposes no federal income tax for working Alaskans earning less than $92,000 a year, paid for by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires; no tax on Social Security benefits; and an expanded child tax credit of $3,600 a year per child under six and $3,000 for ages six to seventeen.

Alaskans for Mary

Dan S. Sullivan

His campaign credits him with permanent lower tax rates for working families and with no tax on tips and overtime, and his pamphlet statement promises less taxes on hardworking Alaskans.

Alaskans for Dan Sullivan Alaskans for Dan Sullivan Alaska Division of Elections

Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.

His League of Women Voters answers blame higher costs on tariffs applied haphazardly and on a war with Iran, and on housing call for federal help with manufactured and non-traditional homes, rural utility infrastructure, and low-interest loans for first-time and low-income buyers.

Daniel J. Sullivan for US Senate
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Evidence timeline

Where statements meet the record.

  1. Occurred Jul 4, 2025

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    Dan S. Sullivan: Matches stated direction

    His campaign quotes him saying that in 2025 he helped secure permanent lower tax rates for working families, and a campaign ad released on September 23, 2026 says that thanks to him Alaskans have no tax on overtime and no tax on tips. He voted Yea on Senate passage of H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation act (roll call 372, 50 to 50 with the Vice President voting yes); it became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. Section 70101 removes the 2025 end date from the lower individual rates first enacted in 2017, which makes them permanent. Sections 70201 and 70202 create deductions rather than exemptions: tips up to $25,000, and overtime up to $12,500 ($25,000 for a joint return), both reduced above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income ($300,000 joint) and both ending after 2028. Limit: He voted for the law he credits, and the permanent-rates half of the claim is exact. “No tax on” tips and overtime is the ad's shorthand for capped, income-limited income-tax deductions that end after 2028; tips or overtime above the caps are still taxed. His was one of fifty votes needed.

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

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