Alaska 2026 Primary

U.S. Senate & U.S. House & Governor

Aug 18 2026

Completed

Top-four primary system

Governor & U.S. House & U.S. Senate

Nov 3 2026

51 days away

Filing Deadline: Jun 1, 2026

★ U.S. Senate Lean R

Incumbent: R Dan Sullivan

Democrat

Carol Hafner

David Leslie

Mary Peltola $18,545,132 raised

Republican

Dan J. Sullivan Incumbent

Dan S. Sullivan Incumbent $9,136,967 raised

Daniel J Sullivan Incumbent $18,835 raised

Dustin Darden

Fred C. Grauberger

Gerald L. Heikes

Heather McElwain

Richard Benedict Mayers

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Mary Peltola	61,189	47.8%
David B. Leslie	1,428	1.1%
Carol “Kitty” Hafner	700	0.6%

Republican Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Dan S. Sullivan	55,461	93.9%
Gerald L. Heikes	1,389	2.4%
Heather McElwain	761	1.3%
Dustin Thomas House Darden	635	1.1%
Richard B. Mayers	465	0.8%
Fred C. Grauberger	375	0.6%

Alaska Independence Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Earl D. “Skip” Southworth	621	0.5%

Green Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Richard Grayson	302	0.2%

Libertarian Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Scott A. Kohlhaas	612	0.5%

Nonpartisan Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Reece J. Roberts	435	0.3%
Shirley A. Saucerman	228	0.2%

Undeclared Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Sidney “Sid” Hill	346	0.3%

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★ Governor Safe R

Incumbent: R Mike Dunleavy Term Limited

Democrat

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

Tom Begich

Independent

Bill Walker

Destry J. Payne Sr.

Meda DeWitt

Republican

Adam Crum

Bernadette Wilson

Click Bishop

Dave Bronson

Edna DeVries

Henry R. "Hank" Kroll

James W. "JP4" Parkin

Lesil McGuire

Matt Heilala

Shelley Hughes

Treg Taylor

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Tom Begich	25,383	20.0%

Republican Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Bernadette M. Wilson	13,418	24.4%
Dave Bronson	10,745	19.6%
Treg Taylor	9,483	17.3%
Adam Crum	7,292	13.3%
Shelley Hughes	7,160	13.0%
Matt A. Heilala	3,464	6.3%
Edna DeVries	1,760	3.2%
Lesil McGuire	1,614	2.9%

Nonpartisan Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jonathan S. “JKT” Kreiss-Tomkins	27,623	21.8%
Click Bishop	8,860	7.0%
Bill Walker	5,429	4.3%
Meda DeWitt	3,153	2.5%
James W. “JP4” Parkin	464	0.4%
Henry F. “Hank” Kroll	234	0.2%

Undeclared Primary

Held August 18, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Destry J. Sr. Payne	255	0.2%

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★ U.S. House 1 district

AK-AL At-Large Safe R R Nick Begich III

Nick Begich III (R) Incumbent Mary Peltola (D) Matthew Damian Schultz (D) Bill Hill (I)

Democratic · Aug 18 Matt Schultz 10,195 8.1% Eric Hafner 4,766 3.8% John B. Williams 3,192 2.5% Yaquelin Reynoso 2,248 1.8%

Republican · Aug 18 Nick Begich 58,133 46.2% Clay Strickland 2,933 2.3% Eddie Goldfarb 738 0.6%

Libertarian · Aug 18 James C. “Jim” McDermott 1,557 1.2% John E. Sr. Foddrill 272 0.2%

Nonpartisan · Aug 18 Bill Hill 39,113 31.1% Melanie A. Salazar 874 0.7% Lady Donna Dutchess 504 0.4% David Richey 437 0.4% David R. II Ambrose 366 0.3%

Undeclared · Aug 18 Matthew “Bronco” Williams 450 0.4%

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor	Change Research (D) partisan·D	2026-07-19	604 LV	Tom Begich 17% · Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 15% · Bernadette Wilson 14% · Bill Walker 7% · Dave Bronson 6% · Click Bishop 4% · Unsure 27%
Governor	Alaska Survey Research (D)	2026-07-01	1528 LV	Bernadette Wilson 22% · Tom Begich 22% · Dave Bronson 17% · Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 16% · Click Bishop 13% · Bill Walker 11%
House	Alaska Survey Research	2026-05-17	1401 LV	Nick Begich III 47% · Matt Schultz 28% · Bill Hill 13% · John Williams 5%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.

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