U.S. Senator from Alaska
Dan Sullivan
Republican · Alaska
Elected in 2014. Marine Corps Reserve officer and former Alaska Attorney General. Serves on Armed Services and Commerce committees.
Record
Strong conservative. Focus on Alaska-specific issues including energy production, fishing rights, and military presence. Consistent vote for lower taxes and deregulation.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5165 — A bill to authorize the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.4938 — Bycatch Reduction Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- S.4856 — Remote Waste Storage Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
- S.4858 — Alaska National Guard Rural Community Revival Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
- S.4334 — Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
- S.4250 — Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
- S.4209 — TIME for Overdose Justice Act (Introduced, Mar 25, 2026)
- S.4065 — STAND with Taiwan Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 11, 2026)
Notable votes
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- S.4942 — SAFE Banking Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.5069 — Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- S.4709 — UNLOCK AUKUS Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- S.4632 — Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.2265 — America's Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.1773 — Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- S.2544 — GUARD Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
Voting analysis
Dan Sullivan is one of the more frequent defectors in the Senate Republican conference and simultaneously the more party-loyal of Alaska's two senators. Both statements are true, and the pair of them says something about the state rather than about him.
Below his own delegation
Alaska returns two Republicans to the Senate, and the state's delegation average sits far above the conference norm because his colleague departs so often. Measured against that unusually high internal benchmark, Sullivan falls below it — the only sense in which a member ranking this high for defections can be called the steadier of a pair.
Among the 2 Republicans in the Alaska delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 18.1%. Dan Sullivan is below that average at 11.0%.
Amendments from both parties
His departures are almost entirely amendment votes, and the amendments come from across the chamber. He supported proposals from a Democratic senator on a budget resolution and on an appropriations bill, backed a libertarian colleague's budget amendment, and voted to advance a measure his conference declined to take up — while opposing other amendments from the same libertarian quarter. There is no single ideological axis running through the set.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Con.Res. 33 Wyden Amdt. No. 5336 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5336 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Apr 23, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.Con.Res. 33 Paul Amdt. No. 5378 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Apr 23, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 7148 Paul Amdt. No. 4272 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Jan 30, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S. 3385 Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 3385 On the Cloture Motion S. 3385 · roll call 119 | Dec 11, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3466 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 1968 Paul Amdt. No. 1266 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S.Con.Res. 7 Merkley Amdt. No. 1207 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1207 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.Con.Res. 7 Lujan Amdt. No. 699 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 699 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S.Con.Res. 7 Schiff Amdt. No. 316 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 316 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 82 Crapo Amdt. No. 3331 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3331 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118 | Dec 20, 2024 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
Committee roles and filings
He chairs an armed services subcommittee on readiness and a commerce subcommittee covering the Coast Guard, maritime affairs and fisheries — and his bills follow those jurisdictions closely. Recent filings include an authorization for the National Science Foundation's polar programs, the Bycatch Reduction Act, the Remote Waste Storage Act, an Alaska National Guard rural community measure, and a bill on returning blind Americans to work.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Dan Sullivan's cluster into: Public Lands and Natural Resources (2), Armed Forces and National Security (1), Crime and Law Enforcement (1), Environmental Protection (1), International Affairs (1), Social Welfare (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Sullivan reached the Senate in the middle of the last decade and now counts among its veterans, under one party label. He is present for almost every recorded vote.
First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Dan Sullivan falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Dan Sullivan has 547 bills sponsored, 1813 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Airland
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Readiness and Management Support (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Seapower
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Telecommunications and Media
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
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