In Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, it’s Sullivan and Peltola in front, and House also shows no surprises

By: James Brooks, Corinne Smith

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 19, 2026

Words: 813

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Early vote counting in Alaska’s statewide, top-four primary election showed no surprises in the state’s two federal races.

For U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola led a 16-candidate field with 378 of 403 precincts reporting results as of 2 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Peltola had 48% of the votes counted to that point, while Sullivan had 42.8%. Republican challenger Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg was in third with 2.4%, …

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