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Mary Peltola U.S. Senate — Alaska Toss-up First run
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U.S. Senate — Alaska · First run

Mary Peltola

The first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress, Peltola finished first in the August 18 top-four primary and is challenging Sen. Dan Sullivan under ranked-choice voting. Several October polls show her narrowly ahead in a race that could decide Senate control.

On the ballot against Dan Sullivan (R)

Why it matters: Peltola is trying to unseat a two-term Republican senator, and a win in Alaska would be one of the Republican-held seats Democrats need to flip to take control of the Senate.

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The race at a glance

Race ratingToss-upCook Political Report, Oct 20 source
Polling average (4 polls) Peltola 47% 44.8% Sullivan 8% undecided or other Peltola +2.2 Sep 17Oct 20Most recent poll from each pollster, Sep 26 to Oct 20. Checked Today, 9:51 PM ET. Every poll
Money raised Peltola$32,623,721 Sullivan$13,760,055 Sullivan's total covers his whole term since 2021; Peltola's covers this campaign. $3,159,817 cash on hand. source

Every poll in this race

PollsterDateSamplePeltolaSullivanMargin
Data for ProgressOct 20694 LV47%44%D +3
InsiderAdvantageOct 111,200 LV48%43%D +5
Alaska Survey ResearchOct 61,512 LV47%45%D +2
Trafalgar GroupSep 261,079 LV · Margin of error ±2.9%46%47%R +1
Alaska Survey ResearchSep 221,352 LV · Margin of error ±3%48%44%D +4
co/efficientSep 17799 LV · Margin of error ±3.5%46%48%R +2
AARPSep 17800 LV · Margin of error ±3.5%46%41%D +5

LV = likely voters, RV = registered voters. Polls listed by 270toWin. Each pollster name links to its own release.

Mary's TV ads

Campaign adSenate, AK

Mary Peltola

“We Stick Together 60s”

Peltola +2.2From the campaign's own channel · 11K views

Posted by the campaign on YouTube. Plays from YouTube when you press play.

In Mary's own words

It shouldn’t be this hard to get by in Alaska, and when I’m in the U.S. Senate, I’m going to fight to make life affordable for hardworking Alaska families.
Mary Peltola, statement on her affordability plan, campaign website source
I have two sons who were enlisted-4 and enlisted-5 when they got out
Mary Peltola, at the Oct. 15 Debate for the State in Anchorage, answering Sullivan's claim that she voted against a military pay raise, Oct 15 source

Where Mary stands

Cost of living and taxes
She wants to end federal income tax for working and middle-class Alaskans earning under $92,000 a year, paid for by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. source
Social Security
She says she will work to end federal taxes on Social Security benefits for Alaska's seniors. source
Energy costs
She backs refining more Alaska oil in-state, permitting reform for Alaska energy projects, and restoring federal tax credits for solar, wind and hydropower. source
Fisheries
She wants bold action against out-of-state factory trawlers and bycatch to restore Alaska salmon runs. source
Veterans
She pledges to strengthen and expand VA health care and protect the benefits and pay veterans and service members have earned. source

The record

  • U.S. representative for Alaska, 2022–2025
  • First Alaska Native member of Congress
  • Former tribal court judge and executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
ConfidentialThe GOP File

The file on Dan Sullivan

  • Sullivan voted for the July 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill, which extended tax cuts and included about $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts. source
  • In April 2025 Sullivan broke with most Republicans to vote for an amendment to reverse cuts to the Social Security Administration. source
  • At the Oct. 15 debate Sullivan said he voted to release the Epstein files, and he accused Peltola of lying in campaign ads about donations from Jeffrey Epstein's allies. source

Endorsed by

EMILYs ListAlaska AFL-CIOAmerican Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

On tape

Mary Peltola: Dan Sullivan "has gotten three times richer since being in the Senate."Oct 21Peltola: Dan Sullivan tripled his wealth while Alaskans live hand to mouthOct 21

In the files

Congress · Analysis

Medicaid cuts dominate Senate debates as Republicans defend their 2025 law

With the Nov. 3 midterm less than two weeks away, Democrats in at least six Senate races are attacking Republicans over the Medicaid cuts in the GOP's 2025 budget law and promising to restore the money. Republicans are mostly pointing to a $50 billion rural health fund, which ends in four years. The cuts are permanent.

Mary Peltola. Photo: Leah Herman, House Creative Services, Public domain

Profile sources: 1, 2, 3

Race data checked Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Quotes on this page were matched word for word against their sources.