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Who is running statewide in Alaska in 2026
- U.S. Senate
- Mary Peltola, Dan S. Sullivan, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. and Gerald L. Heikes
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor
- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins / Zac Johnson, Bernadette Wilson / Mike Shower, Treg Taylor and Dave Bronson / Josh Church
- U.S. Representative, At-Large
- Bill Hill, Nick Begich III, Eric Hafner and Jim McDermott
Statewide races
U.S. Senate
Vote for oneAlaska's general election uses ranked-choice voting: you can rank up to four candidates, and a lower choice only counts if everyone you ranked above it has been eliminated. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. is a different person from Sen. Dan Sullivan. We'd rank Peltola first. Ranking anyone after her doesn't hurt her.
Mary Peltola
Compromised (best choice in this race) DemocratEndorsed by the AFL-CIO and EMILY's List, and says Congress has to stop handing its power to the president. The NRA endorsed her in 2024, and in September 2026 the New York Times reported former staffers' accounts of profane outbursts at aides, which her campaign calls exaggerated.
Sources: Wikipedia, EMILY's List, Wikipedia
Dan S. Sullivan
Not good people RepublicanEndorsed by Donald Trump, who flew to Wasilla to rally for him on October 13, and by the NRA. Voted for Trump's 2025 tariffs on Canada and against war powers resolutions to limit the 2026 Iran war, and in 2021 voted against an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack.
Sources: PBS NewsHour (AP), Action News Jax (AP), Wikipedia, Campaign endorsements, Wikipedia
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
Not enough info RepublicanA retired Petersburg teacher who says he ran because the senator stayed silent on Trump's proposed compensation fund for January 6 defendants. Republicans call him a sham candidate, which he denies, and the Alaska Supreme Court rejected a suit to take him off the ballot over name confusion.
Sources: Petersburg Pilot, KTAR (AP), PBS NewsHour, CBS News
Gerald L. Heikes
Not enough info RepublicanGot 1.1% in the primary and moved up when David Leslie dropped out. Supports a border wall and opposes resettling Syrian refugees without more vetting. No record in office to judge.
Sources: Ballotpedia, iVoterGuide
Governor / Lieutenant Governor
Vote for oneOpen seat: Gov. Mike Dunleavy is term-limited. Governor and lieutenant governor run as a ticket. Alaska's general election uses ranked-choice voting, and you can rank up to four. Tom Begich, a Democrat who finished second in the primary, withdrew and endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins, so Treg Taylor took the fourth spot. We'd rank Kreiss-Tomkins first. If you rank more, we'd put Taylor ahead of Wilson and leave Bronson off.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins / Zac Johnson
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratRepresented a Trump-voting Southeast district for ten years, co-chaired a bipartisan fiscal working group, and wrote the 2014 law making 20 Alaska Native languages official state languages. Endorsed by the Alaska AFL-CIO, he wants a cabinet that is one-third Democrat, one-third independent and one-third Republican.
Sources: Anchorage Daily News, Wikipedia, Juneau Independent
Bernadette Wilson / Mike Shower
Compromised RepublicanDonald Trump endorsed her at his October 13 Wasilla rally, which she had said she would attend. One of the three sponsors of Ballot Measure 2, which would end ranked-choice voting and repeal rules that make campaigns disclose the true source of their money, and she told her supporters not to rank anyone else.
Sources: PBS NewsHour (AP), Action News Jax (AP), Alaska's News Source, Alaska Division of Elections, Anchorage Daily News, Wikipedia
Treg Taylor
Not good people RepublicanHis primary ads promised to "stand with President Trump," which he now calls mistakes, and as attorney general he sued to block federal Title IX protections for transgender students. Election officials pulled him off the ballot over incomplete financial disclosures, then put him back four days later.
Sources: Anchorage Daily News, Wikipedia, Anchorage Daily News
Dave Bronson / Josh Church
Not good people RepublicanAs mayor he praised anti-mask protesters who wore yellow Stars of David at a 2021 Assembly meeting before taking it back, and in 2022 his administration sought an audit of the city election's records and voting machines. Anchorage voters turned him out in 2024.
Sources: Wikipedia, Alaska's News Source
U.S. Representative, At-Large
Vote for oneAlaska has one House seat, so every voter picks in this race. It uses ranked-choice voting, and you can rank up to four. Matt Schultz, the leading Democrat in the primary, dropped out and endorsed Hill. We'd rank Hill first and would not rank Hafner.
Bill Hill
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) IndependentDena'ina Athabascan from Kokhanok, named Superintendent of the Year in 2023. Wants a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, opposes federal bills to ban ranked-choice voting, and is endorsed by the Alaska Democratic Party, the NEA and the federal employees' union.
Sources: Campaign site, KYUK, IVN, Wheeldog PAC
Nick Begich III
Not good people RepublicanEndorsed by Donald Trump, who calls Hill "a radical left lunatic." A Freedom Caucus member who co-sponsored the SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, and voted against two war powers resolutions to limit the Iran war.
Sources: Anchorage Daily News, Roll Call Factbase, Wikipedia
Eric Hafner
Not good people DemocratServing a federal sentence, set to end in 2036, after pleading guilty in 2022 to threatening police officers, judges and others. The Alaska Democratic Party tried and failed to keep him off the 2024 ballot.
Sources: Newsday (AP), AP via FOX 11
Jim McDermott
Not good people LibertarianGot 1.2% in the primary and moved up after higher finishers dropped out. Gave money to Donald Trump and his Save America PAC in 2023. No record in office to judge.
Sources: iVoterGuide, Wikipedia
Ballot measures and judicial retention
Yes or noWe describe these and don't make recommendations. Ballot measures and judges are plain yes-or-no votes, not ranked. Ballot Measure 1, on campaign contribution limits, was on the August primary ballot and passed.
- Ballot Measure 2, repeal open primaries and ranked-choice voting: Brings back party primaries, where voters pick one party's ballot (parties can close theirs to non-members), and single-choice general elections where the most votes wins. Brings back special runoff elections. It also repeals campaign finance rules passed in 2020, including limits on donations to joint governor and lieutenant governor campaigns and disclosure rules for digital ads, out-of-state money and the true source of donations. A yes vote repeals the current system; a no vote keeps it. A similar repeal failed by 737 votes in 2024. Sponsors include governor candidate Bernadette Wilson.
- Ballot Measure 3, voter qualification: Changes state law from saying a citizen "may vote" to saying "only" a U.S. citizen who meets the other requirements may vote. Alaska already requires voters to be citizens, and the state's ballot summary says the measure would not change who can vote.
- Judicial retention: Statewide, Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jude Pate is up for a yes-or-no retention vote; the Alaska Judicial Council recommends yes. Superior and district court judges vary by judicial district. The council recommends no on Kenai judges Kelly Lawson and Martin Fallon, the first no recommendations in 12 years, and made no recommendation on Juneau Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpeneti. It recommends yes on the rest. See the judges on your ballot. We haven't profiled judges yet.