{{Short description|American politician and lawyer (born 1964)}} {{Distinguish|Dan Sullivan (Anchorage mayor)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dan Sullivan | image = Senator Dan Sullivan official.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2015 | alt = Senator Dan Sullivan's official portrait, taken in 2015. | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = Alaska | alongside = Lisa Murkowski | term_start = January 3, 2015 | term_end = | predecessor = Mark Begich | successor = | office1 = Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources | governor1 = Sean Parnell | term_start1 = December 6, 2010 | term_end1 = September 24, 2013 | predecessor1 = Thomas E. Irwin | successor1 = Joseph Balash | office2 = 27th Attorney General of Alaska | governor2 = {{ubl |Sarah Palin |Sean Parnell}} | term_start2 = June 17, 2009 | term_end2 = November 30, 2010 | predecessor2 = Talis J. Colberg | successor2 = John J. Burns | office3 = 22nd Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | president3 = George W. Bush | term_start3 = June 6, 2006 | term_end3 = January 1, 2009 | predecessor3 = Earl Anthony Wayne | successor3 = Jose W. Fernandez | birth_name = Daniel Scott Sullivan | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1964|11|13}}}} | birth_place = Fairview Park, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Julie Fate|1994}} | children = 3 | relatives = {{ubl |Hugh Fate (father-in-law) |Mary Jane Fate (mother-in-law)}} | education = {{ubl |Harvard University (BA) |Georgetown University (MS, JD)}} | website = {{url|sullivan.senate.gov|Senate website}}<br>{{url|dansullivanforalaska.com|Campaign website}} | allegiance = | branch = {{tree list}} * United States Marine Corps ** United States Marine Corps Reserve {{tree list/end}} | service_years = {{ubl |1993–1997, 2004–2006 (active) |1997–2004, 2006–2024 (reserve)}} | rank = Colonel | commands = 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company <br> 4th Marine Division's Anti-Terrorism Battalion | battles = War in Afghanistan | mawards = {{ubl |Legion of Merit<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marines.mil/Photos/igphoto/2003392043 |title=U.S. Marine Col. And Senator Daniel Sullivan retires after 30 years}}</ref> |Defense Meritorious Service Medal}} | module = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Dan Sullivan proposes an amendment for rail workers contracts to avert a freight rail strike.ogg |title=Sullivan's voice |type=speech |description=Sullivan proposing an amendment for rail workers' contracts to avert a freight rail strike.<br>Recorded December 1, 2022}} }} '''Daniel Scott Sullivan''' (born November 13, 1964) is an American politician, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from the state of Alaska. A member of the Republican Party, Sullivan served from 2010 to 2013 as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and from 2009 to 2010 as Alaska attorney general.
Sullivan grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Culver Academies in Indiana. He studied economics at Harvard University, then earned joint foreign service and Juris Doctor degrees from Georgetown University. He was on active duty for the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 1997, 2004 to 2006, and in 2009 and 2013.
Between 1997 and 1999, he clerked for judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Alaska Supreme Court. He worked as an attorney in private practice in Anchorage, Alaska, from 2000 to 2002. Sullivan moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the Bush administration; he worked with the National Economic Council and the National Security Council and later served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.
Sullivan was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Mark Begich after winning the Republican primary against Mead Treadwell and Joe Miller. He was reelected in 2020 and is running for reelection in 2026.<ref name="TheHill11112020" />
==Early life and education== Sullivan was born and raised in Fairview Park, Ohio, the son of Sandra (née Simmons) and Thomas C. Sullivan. Sullivan's father was the president and CEO of RPM International, a publicly traded multinational corporation with over 15,000 employees that was founded by Sullivan's grandfather, Frank C. Sullivan. Sullivan's brother, Frank C. Sullivan, became the president and CEO of RPM in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rpminc.com/about-rpm/history/ |title=Our History |website=www.rpminc.com |access-date=January 17, 2016}}</ref>
Sullivan graduated from the Culver Military Academy in Indiana in 1983. He studied economics at Harvard University, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree ''magna cum laude''. He went to Georgetown University, where he studied at both the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Georgetown University Law Center, receiving joint Juris Doctor and Master of Science in Foreign Service degrees in 1993. Sullivan was a member of the ''Georgetown Law Journal'' and earned a Juris Doctor degree with ''cum laude'' honors.<ref>[http://community.adn.com/alaska/node/141823M Biography] {{dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}, community.adn.com; accessed November 6, 2014.</ref>
==Early career == ===Military service=== Sullivan commissioned into the United States Marine Corps as an Infantry Officer in 1993 after completing graduate school. He was on active duty from 1993 to 1997, when he transitioned to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as a Recon Marine. He was recalled to active duty three times: from 2004 to 2006, again in early 2009, and for a six-week tour in Afghanistan in July 2013. Sullivan was a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. He received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.<ref name="DispatchDemer04192014" /> In 2024, Sullivan retired.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cloherty|first=Sean|title=U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, Senator Daniel Sullivan, retires after 30 years|url=https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3667988/us-marine-corps-colonel-senator-daniel-sullivan-retires-after-30-years/ |website=Marines.mil |access-date=April 16, 2024 |date=February 9, 2024}}</ref>
===Early legal career=== After leaving active duty in the Marines, Sullivan served as a law clerk to Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1997 to 1998 and to Chief Justice Warren Matthews of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1998 to 1999.<ref name="adnprofile" /> In 2000, Sullivan joined the Anchorage office of the law firm Perkins Coie, where he worked in commercial law and corporate law. He joined the Alaska bar that same year.<ref name="adnprofile" />
===White House and State Department=== In 2002, Sullivan was selected to be a White House Fellow, where he served at the National Security Council. He then headed the International Economics Directorate of the National Economic Council and National Security Council staffs at the White House. He advised President George W. Bush and the National Security Advisor and NEC chairman. He left the White House in 2004.<ref name="DispatchDemer04192014" />
In 2006, Bush appointed Sullivan as United States Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed Sullivan in May of that year. He served in this capacity until January 2009. While serving as Assistant Secretary of State he owned a house in Anchorage and continued to vote in Alaska elections by absentee ballot, while claiming Bethesda, Maryland, as his primary residence for tax purposes.<ref name="adn" />{{dead link|date=March 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/219399-tax-assessor-says-alaskas-sullivan-was-md-resident/|title=Tax assessor says Alaska's Senate hopeful was Md. resident|author=Joseph, Cameron|newspaper=The Hill|date=September 30, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref>
===Alaska Attorney General=== Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg resigned in February 2009 over the Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal scandal. Governor Sarah Palin nominated Wayne Anthony Ross for attorney general, but the Alaska Legislature rejected Ross. Palin nominated Sullivan.<ref name="justia">[http://law.justia.com/alaska/constitution/constitution-3.html Article 3 - The Executive], law.justia.com; accessed September 9, 2016.</ref> He was sworn into office in June 2009, while the Alaska Legislature was out of session. The Alaska Legislature unanimously confirmed Sullivan's appointment on April 9, 2010.<ref name="adn1" />
Sullivan was retained by Governor Sean Parnell. He stepped down as attorney general on December 5, 2010, to be replaced by John J. Burns.<ref>[http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/alaska-attorney-general-john-burns-begins-work/article_486fe48c-dcdd-5302-b266-40fcd9fbd975.html Alaska Attorney General John Burns begins work], ''Fairbanks Daily News Miner'', December 27, 2010.</ref><ref>Jessica M. Karmasek,[http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510523876-burns-is-alaska-s-new-attorney-general Burns is Alaska's new attorney general], ''Legal NewsLine'', December 1, 2010; retrieved September 9, 2016.</ref>
===Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources=== On November 18, 2010, shortly after being elected, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell appointed Sullivan as Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, replacing former Commissioner Thomas E. Irwin. In 2013, during his term in office, Sullivan was deployed to Afghanistan for six weeks, in his role as the executive officer of the 4th Marine Division's Anti-Terrorism Battalion.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/2013/07/22/2989851/dnr-commissioner-dan-sullivan.html "DNR Commissioner Dan Sullivan Deployed to Afghanistan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017054618/http://www.adn.com/2013/07/22/2989851/dnr-commissioner-dan-sullivan.html |date=October 17, 2013}}, adn.com, July 22, 2013; accessed November 6, 2014.</ref>
==U.S. Senate==
===Elections===
====2014==== {{Main|2014 United States Senate election in Alaska}}
thumb|Bumper sticker from Sullivan's Senate campaign. On October 15, 2013, Sullivan announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent Mark Begich in the 2014 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former DNR Commissioner Dan Sullivan enters U.S. Senate race|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|url=http://www.ktoo.org/2013/10/15/former-dnr-commissioner-dan-sullivan-enters-u-s-senate-race|date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> He was endorsed by the Club for Growth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Club for Growth Backs Sullivan in Alaska Race |website=RealClearPolitics |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/03/12/club_for_growth_backs_sullivan_in_alaska_race_121900.html|author=Huey-Burns, Caitlin|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> Begich had narrowly defeated longtime incumbent Ted Stevens in the previous election. Stevens had filed for the election in 2009<ref name="stevens09" /> following his exoneration,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/07/ted-stevens-corruption-dismissal-alaska|title=US judge dismisses former Alaska senator's corruption conviction|work=The Guardian|date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> and was widely expected to win, but died in a plane crash on August 9, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/us/11crash.html?pagewanted=all |title=Former Senator Ted Stevens Killed in Plane Crash|work=The New York Times|first1=William|last1=Yardley|first2=Liz|last2=Robbins|date=August 10, 2010}}</ref> This left the race for the Republican nomination wide open.
On June 10, 2014, Sullivan offered Begich the Alaska Agreement.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" /> This was a modified version of the People's Pledge. This tactic had previously been used in the Massachusetts 2012 U.S. Senate race between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown to drastically limit outside, third-party spending.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" /> Begich rejected the agreement.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" /> According to Ballotpedia, outside spending in the race hit nearly $40 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alaska,_2014|title=United States Senate elections in Alaska, 2014 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=January 6, 2018}}</ref>
Despite former Governor Sarah Palin's late-race endorsement of 2010 party nominee Joe Miller, Sullivan won the August 19 Republican primary with 40% of the vote to Miller's 32% and Treadwell's 25%.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/15/sarah-palin-endorses-joe-miller-in-alaska-senate-race|title=Sarah Palin endorses Joe Miller in Alaska Senate race|author=Sullivan, Sean|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 15, 2014|access-date=August 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.adn.com/article/20140820/sullivan-declares-victory-high-stakes-gop-senate-primary "Sullivan declares victory in high- takes GOP Senate primary"], Alaska Dispatch News, Dermot Cole, August 20, 2014; retrieved August 22, 2014.</ref>
On November 12, 2014, the Associated Press<ref name="bigstory.ap.org" /> and CNN<ref>Peligri, Justin. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/politics/alaska-senate-race-2/ Republican challenger defeats Begich in Alaska Senate race], ''CNN'', November 12, 2014.</ref> declared that Sullivan had defeated Begich in the general election by about 8,000 votes—48.6% to 45.4%. At the time, there were approximately 31,000 votes left to count and Begich refused to concede.<ref>Walshe, Shushanna. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alaska-senate-race-democrat-mark-begich-refuses-concede/story?id=26868677 Alaska Senate Race: Why Democrat Mark Begich Refuses To Concede], ''ABC News'', November 12, 2014.</ref> Begich eventually conceded on November 17.<ref>Joseph, Cameron. [https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/224455-begich-concedes-alaska-senate-race/ Begich concedes Alaska Senate race], ''The Hill'', November 17, 2014.</ref> Final results showed that Sullivan won by 6,014 votes out of 282,400 cast, 47.96% to 45.83%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14GENR/data/results.htm|title=2014 General Election – November 4, 2014 – Official Results|website=www.elections.alaska.gov|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections|date=November 25, 2014|access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="www.nytimes.com" />
====2020==== {{Main|2020 United States Senate election in Alaska}}
In the 2020 election, after running unopposed in the Republican primary election, Sullivan faced independent candidate Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon and former commercial fisherman who had been nominated by the Alaska Democratic Party. The race was considered "unexpectedly close," with some polls indicating that the two candidates were neck-and-neck.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Katelyn |title=Al Gross is hoping to ride Alaska's independent streak to the Senate |url=https://www.vox.com/21495403/alaska-senate-sullivan-gross-2020 |website=Vox |language=en |date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> Gross touted his "deep roots" in the state and published several campaign videos that received national attention.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Touchberry |first1=Ramsey |title=A grizzly-fighting, independent doctor from Alaska could help Democrats turn the Senate blue |url=https://www.newsweek.com/grizzly-fighting-independent-doctor-alaska-could-help-democrats-turn-senate-blue-1505723 |website=Newsweek |language=en |date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> In addition to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's funding of Gross's candidacy, Gross reportedly did "an excellent job fundraising", outraising Sullivan between July 1 and the end of September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=AK-Sen: DSCC Smells GOP Blood In The Water, Endorses Dr. Al Gross (I) For U.S. Senate |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/3/1903283/-AK-Sen-DSCC-Smells-GOP-Blood-In-The-Water-Endorses-Dr-Al-Gross-I-For-U-S-Senate |website=Daily Kos}}</ref>
While the race was considered "too early to call" for several days after the November 3 election, Gross called Sullivan to concede on November 13.<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Gross concedes Alaska U.S. Senate race to Dan Sullivan |url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/11/13/al-gross-concedes-alaska-us-senate-race-to-dan-sullivan/ |website=Anchorage Daily News |date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> Ultimately, Sullivan defeated Gross 54% to 41%, with Alaskan Independence Party nominee John Howe receiving nearly 5% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alaska Senate election results 2020 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/alaska-senate-results |website=NBC News}}</ref>
===Tenure=== Sullivan was sworn into office on January 6, 2015, by Vice President Joe Biden.
=== 119th United States Congress committee assignments === Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm#TubervilleAL |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
[[File:U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Senators Joni Ernst, Daniel Sullivan, John McCain, Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and Cory Gardner attending the 2016 International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia Security Summit in Singapore.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Senators Joni Ernst, Dan Sullivan, John McCain, Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and Cory Gardner attending the 2016 International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia Security Summit in Singapore]] *Committee on Armed Services **Subcommittee on Airland **Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support (chairman) **Subcommittee on Seapower *Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation *Committee on Environment and Public Works *Committee on Veterans' Affairs
=== Caucuses === *Senate Republican Conference *Senate Taiwan Caucus
==Political positions==
=== Donald Trump === Sullivan opposed Donald Trump during the 2016 United States presidential election, releasing a statement that said, "We need national leaders who can lead by example" on issues of sexual assault and violence against women. Sullivan added, "The reprehensible revelations about Donald Trump have shown that he can't. Therefore, I am withdrawing my support for his candidacy."<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 13, 2016|title=Full statements on Donald Trump from Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan|language=en-US|newspaper=Alaska Dispatch News|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2016/10/08/full-statements-from-sens-lisa-murkowski-and-dan-sullivan-on-donald-trump/|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
Sullivan voted to acquit Trump in his first impeachment trial.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sullivan|first1=Sen Dan|date=February 5, 2020|title=This afternoon, I voted to acquit President Trump on both charges brought against him by the House of Representatives. My full statement submitted to the congressional record|url=https://twitter.com/SenDanSullivan/status/1225216514858549248|access-date=February 9, 2020|website=@SenDanSullivan|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ruskin|first1=Liz|last2=Media|first2=Alaska Public|date=February 6, 2020|title=Sullivan, after voting to acquit Trump, calls the president's actions less than 'perfect'|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/02/06/sullivan-after-voting-to-acquit-trump-calls-the-presidents-actions-less-than-perfect/}}</ref> During Sullivan's reelection bid, Trump endorsed him, saying Sullivan supported Trump's agenda.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 17, 2019|title=Trump endorses Sullivan re-election as US senator for Alaska|url=https://apnews.com/article/aa0d654b57cb794cc2815bfdc0ef3202|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=AP News}}</ref>
On October 5, 2020, Sullivan announced that he would vote for Trump, saying the choice was "very clear".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/sullivan-says-he-plans-to-vote-for-trump/|title=Sullivan says he plans to vote for Trump|date=October 5, 2020|website=Juneau Empire}}</ref> Sullivan also voted to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00059|access-date=August 25, 2021|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
In his 2025 annual address to the Alaska Legislature, Sullivan endorsed many policies of the second Trump administration, including DOGE's proposed spending cuts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Sullivan embraces Trump, says DOGE cuts are hard but necessary in speech to Legislature |url=https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/washington-d-c/2025-03-20/sullivan-embraces-trump-says-doge-cuts-are-hard-but-necessary-in-speech-to-legislature |website=Alaska Public Media |language=en}}</ref>
===Environment=== [[File:Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum with U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska, 2025.jpg|thumb|Sullivan with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in Anchorage, June 2025]] Sullivan rejects that there is a scientific consensus on climate change.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 18, 2014|title=Miller pushes Senate opponents on climate change|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/article/miller-pushes-senate-opponents-climate-change/2014/05/18/|access-date=October 5, 2020|website=Anchorage Daily News|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230011645/https://www.adn.com/politics/article/miller-pushes-senate-opponents-climate-change/2014/05/18/|archive-date=December 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ruskin-2015" /> He has argued that "the verdict is still out on the human contribution to climate change"; the scientific consensus is that human activity is a primary contributor to climate change.<ref name="Ruskin-2015" />
In October 2020, the Environmental Investigation Agency recorded and published conversations between undercover actors, who pretended to be potential investors in Pebble Mine in Alaska, and corporate executives. In the recordings, the executives made clear that they intended to expand the mine substantially beyond their previously stated intentions, and that they believed Sullivan would surreptitiously support this project after the election. In response, Sullivan expressed his opposition to the project.<ref name="Cohen-2020" /><ref name="InsideClimate News-2020" />
Sullivan lobbied the first Trump administration to open up the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to logging and other forms of development.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 24, 2019|title=Tongass forest supporters rally in favor of roadless rule|url=https://apnews.com/article/22c1a37592634b87882475949965193b|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=AP NEWS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031174914/https://apnews.com/article/22c1a37592634b87882475949965193b|archive-date=October 31, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Washington Post-2020" /> In October 2020, the Trump administration permitted such projects, stripping protections that had been in place for nearly two decades.<ref name="The Washington Post-2020" />
In June 2024, Sullivan added a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would have required the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to grant the Ambler Access Project right-of-way within 30 days of the act's passage, citing national security interests. The BLM had previously halted the project through a supplemental environmental impact statement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirch |first=Steve |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Attempt to revive Ambler Road project through defense bill amendment prompts reaction from Alaskans |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/06/27/attempt-revive-ambler-road-project-through-defense-bill-amendment-prompts-reaction-alaskans/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627152157/https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/06/27/attempt-revive-ambler-road-project-through-defense-bill-amendment-prompts-reaction-alaskans/ |archive-date=June 27, 2024 |access-date=June 27, 2024 |work=Alaska's News Source}}</ref> Sullivan's amendment was not included in the legislation's final version.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Travis |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Mining Road Through Alaska's Brooks Range Denied Again Thanks to Outcry from Hunters and Anglers |url=https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/ambler-road-amendment-removed-from-national-defense-bill |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216132100/https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/ambler-road-amendment-removed-from-national-defense-bill |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |access-date=December 20, 2024 |work=Field & Stream}}</ref>
=== Foreign policy === [[File:United States Congressional Delegation visit to Israel on October 22, 2023 - 84.jpg|thumb|Sullivan with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on October 22, 2023 ]] In July 2017, Sullivan co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (s. 720), which would have made it a federal crime for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors - S.720 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Israel Anti-Boycott Act|date=March 23, 2017|website=congress.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|title=43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements|last=Levitz|first=Eric|date=July 19, 2017|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107215346/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
On June 6, 2021, Sullivan and Senators Tammy Duckworth and Christopher Coons visited Taipei in an U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport to meet President Tsai Ing-wen and Minister Joseph Wu during the pandemic outbreak of Taiwan to announce President Joe Biden's donation plan of 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines included in the global COVAX program.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/three-us-senators-arrive-taiwan-meet-president-2021-06-05/ |title=U.S. boosts Taiwan's COVID-19 fight with vaccines as senators visit |last=Blanchard |first=Ben |work=Reuters |date=June 6, 2021 |location=Taipei |access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/3-us-senators-to-visit-taiwan-discuss-relations/2021/06/05/d06a1b8a-c60c-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html |title=Senators say US donating vaccines to Taiwan amid China row |author1=Taijing Wu |author2=Zen Soo |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 6, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606020714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/3-us-senators-to-visit-taiwan-discuss-relations/2021/06/05/d06a1b8a-c60c-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |access-date=September 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ait.org.tw/the-visit-to-taiwan-of-senators-duckworth-sullivan-coons/ |title=The Visit to Taiwan of Senators Duckworth, Sullivan, and Coons |date=June 5, 2021 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |publisher=American Institute in Taiwan}}</ref>
===Gun policy=== [[File:Dan Sullivan with NRA in Alaska - 2019.jpg|thumb|Dan Sullivan receiving a commemorative gun during a Friends of the NRA event in Alaska.]] In the 2014 Senate campaign in Alaska, the NRA Political Victory Fund declined to make an endorsement. The NRA gave Begich an "A−" grade and Sullivan an "AQ" rating, the "Q" indicating the rating was qualified because Sullivan had no voting record at the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF {{!}} Grades {{!}} Alaska |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/alaska/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104210509/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/alaska/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |language=en-us |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="NRA1" />
===Health care=== Sullivan opposed the Affordable Care Act and has voted to repeal it.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fram|first=Alan|date=July 26, 2017|title=Senators split over Obamacare vote|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/2017-07-26/senators-split-over-obamacare-vote|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=Alaska Journal|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pear|first1=Robert|last2=Kaplan|first2=Thomas|last3=Cochrane|first3=Emily|date=July 27, 2017|title=Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Casts Decisive No Vote|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/us/politics/senate-health-care-vote.html|access-date=October 1, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Parlapiano|first1=Alicia|last2=Andrews|first2=Wilson|last3=Lee|first3=Jasmine C.|last4=Shorey|first4=Rachel|date=July 25, 2017|title=How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html|access-date=October 1, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
===Judiciary=== In 2016, Sullivan defended the Republican refusal to hold a hearing for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, on the basis that the nomination was made "in the midst of an important national election." Sullivan said it was not "about the individual, it's about the principle" and "Alaskans deserve to have a voice in that direction through their vote, and we will ensure that they have one."<ref name="ADN2" /> In October 2020, in the last few weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Sullivan defended Trump's decision to nominate a Supreme Court justice—saying he was "well within his constitutional authority"—and voted to confirm the nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.<ref name="ADN2" /><ref>Erin McGroarty,[http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/sullivan-backs-trump-appointee-for-supreme-court/article_07ae9098-141b-11eb-b122-2b080241a199.html Sullivan backs Trump appointee for Supreme Court], ''Daily News-Miner'' (October 24, 2020).</ref>
===Missile defense system=== In 2017, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened the United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike and conducted an ICBM test in which its missile landed about {{convert|200|mi}} off the coast of Japan, Sullivan called for improvements to the U.S. missile defense system.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://homelandprepnews.com/featured/23484-bolster-u-s-missile-defense-system-massively-retaliate-needed-sen-sullivan-says/ |title=Bolster U.S. missile defense system, 'massively retaliate' if needed, Sen. Sullivan says|last=Riley|first=Kim|date=July 28, 2017 |work=Homeland Preparedness News|access-date=January 15, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
===Social policy=== Sullivan has not made social issues a major part of his platform.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gutierrez|first1=Alexandra|date=October 31, 2014|title=Alaska's War for Women's Votes|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/alaska-senate-races-war-women|access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> He opposes abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or threat to the life of the mother.<ref name="Joseph, Cameron-2014" /> In 2022, he voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, along with 11 other Senate Republicans.<ref name="Joseph, Cameron-2014" />
Sullivan introduced the bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation, the FIRST STEP Act, but opposed the act after incurring amendments by the House of Representatives. The amended bill passed the Senate 87–12 on December 18, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levin|first1=Marianne|date=December 18, 2018|title=Senate approves Trump-backed criminal justice overhaul|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/criminal-justice-reform-bill-vote-1068268|access-date=December 18, 2018|website=Politico}}</ref> Trump signed the bill into law 3 days later.
Sullivan has cosponsored the bipartisan STATES Act proposed in the 115th U.S. Congress by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Colorado Senator Cory Gardner that would exempt individuals or corporations in compliance with state cannabis laws from federal enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cosponsors - S.3032 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): STATES Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3032/cosponsors|access-date=July 7, 2018|website=congress.gov|date=June 7, 2018}}</ref>
===2021 National Defense Authorization Act===
In December 2020, during his lame-duck period, Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.<ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28" /> The veto left new Coast Guard cutters that were scheduled to be homeported in Alaska without port facilities to maintain them.<ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28" /> Sullivan questioned the veto, because it put in question whether the cutters could be placed in Alaska.
===2021 storming of the United States Capitol=== On May 28, 2021, Sullivan voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |first=Peter W. |last=Stevenson|first2=Adrian |last2=Blanco |first3= Daniela |last3=Santamariña|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/}}</ref>
===Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023=== Sullivan was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/|title=Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling|first=Aris|last=Folley|date=June 1, 2023|access-date=June 17, 2023|work=The Hill}}</ref>
==Personal life== While at Georgetown, Sullivan met fellow law student Julie Fate, a staffer for U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. Sullivan and Fate married and had three daughters. Fate is the daughter of retired dentist and former Alaska State Representative Hugh "Bud" Fate and Mary Jane Fate, who was once the co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives.<ref name="DispatchDemer04192014" />
Sullivan is a Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Religious affiliation of members of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/12/pr_2025-01-02_faith-on-the-hill_member-list.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref>
== Electoral history == {{Election box begin no change | title = Alaska Senator (Class II) Republican primary, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14PRIM/data/results.pdf|title=Primary Election - August 19, 2014 Primary Election Results|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections|access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Dan Sullivan | votes = 44740 | percentage = 40.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Joe Miller | votes = 35904 | percentage = 32.14 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mead Treadwell | votes = 27807 | percentage = 24.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = John M. Jaramillo | votes = 3246 | percentage = 2.91 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 113752 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Alaska Senator (Class II) general election, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14GENR/data/results.pdf|title=General Election – November 4, 2014 General Election Results|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections|access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Dan Sullivan | votes = 135445 | percentage = 47.96 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Begich (incumbent) | votes = 129431 | percentage = 45.83 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | candidate = Mark S. Fish | votes = 10512 | percentage = 3.72 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent politician | candidate = Ted Gianoutsos | votes = 5636 | percentage = 2.00 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1,376 | percentage = 0.49 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 282400 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change| title=Alaska Senator (Class II) general election, 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report - Official Results |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/20GENR/data/sovc/ElectionSummaryReportRPT24.pdf |website=Alaska Division of Elections |access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party=Republican Party (United States) |candidate=Dan Sullivan (incumbent) |votes=191,112 |percentage=53.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party=Independent (politician) |candidate=Al Gross |votes=146,068 |percentage=41.19 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party=Alaskan Independence Party |candidate=John Howe |votes=16,806 |percentage=4.74 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 601 | percentage = 0.17 }} {{Election box total no change |votes = 354,587 |percentage = 100.0% }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Portal|Alaska}} <references> <ref name="Joseph, Cameron-2014">{{cite web |author=Joseph, Cameron |date=August 5, 2014 |title=Alaska Republicans focus on social issues in debate |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/214317-alaska-republicans-focus-on-social-issues-in-senate-debate/ |work=The Hill.com |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="Ruskin-2015">{{cite web |last1=Ruskin |first1=Liz |last2=Media |first2=Alaska Public |date=January 24, 2015 |title=Murkowski, Sullivan Agree Climate is Changing but Split on Naming Cause |url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/01/23/murkowski-sullivan-agree-climate-is-changing-but-split-on-naming-cause/ |website=Alaska Public Media |language=en-US |access-date=October 5, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="Cohen-2020">{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Rachel M. |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Locked in Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/10/12/alaska-republican-senator-dan-sullivan-pebble-mine/ |website=The Intercept |language=en-US |access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="InsideClimate News-2020">{{cite web |date=October 19, 2020 |title=Senate 2020: In Alaska, a Controversy Over an Embattled Mine Has Tightened the Race |url=https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102020/alaska-senate-race-election-2020-dan-sullivan-al-gross |website=InsideClimate News |language=en-US |access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="The Washington Post-2020">{{cite news |date=2020 |title=Trump to strip protections from Tongass National Forest, one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/28/trump-tongass-national-forest-alaska/}}</ref> <ref name="adn">[https://archive.today/20110611035516/http://www.adn.com/news/government/v-printer/story/833617.html Profile], adn.com; accessed November 6, 2014.</ref>{{dead link|date=March 2026}} <ref name="adn1">[http://www.adn.com/2010/04/09/1219206/legislature-unanimously-confirms.html Alaska legislature unanimously confirms Sullivan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411024744/http://www.adn.com/2010/04/09/1219206/legislature-unanimously-confirms.html |date=April 11, 2010}}, adn.com; accessed November 6, 2014.</ref> <ref name="ADN2">{{cite web |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan says he'll 'thoroughly' assess Trump nominee for Supreme Court |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2020/09/22/alaska-sen-dan-sullivan-says-hell-thoroughly-assess-trump-nominee-for-supreme-court/ |website=Anchorage Daily News |language=en-US |access-date=October 5, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="adnprofile">[http://www.adn.com/article/20140419/dan-sullivans-personal-and-professional-timeline Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803000131/http://www.adn.com/article/20140419/dan-sullivans-personal-and-professional-timeline |date=August 3, 2015}}, adn.com, April 19, 2014; accessed November 7, 2014.</ref> <ref name="bigstory.ap.org">Bohrer, Becky. Voted yes for Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh 106/18. Senator Sullivan's father's company RPM made parts for Boeing during the Reagan era. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e09bd3fc67284afa9aa9f1b4769aba58/alaska-counts-ballots-decide-senate-race Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112202048/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e09bd3fc67284afa9aa9f1b4769aba58/alaska-counts-ballots-decide-senate-race |date=November 12, 2014}}, ''Associated Press'', November 12, 2014.</ref> <ref name="DispatchDemer04192014">{{cite news |title=Candidate profile: Dan Sullivan, Marine and ex-resources chief, aims for US Senate seat |author=Lisa Demer |newspaper=Alaska Dispatch News |date=April 19, 2014 |url=http://www.adn.com/article/20140419/candidate-profile-dan-sullivan-marine-and-ex-resources-chief-aims-us-senate-seat |access-date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> <ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28">{{cite news |url=https://www.kcaw.org/2020/12/27/trumps-defense-veto-could-sink-sitkas-coast-guard-dock/ |title=Trump's Defense veto could sink Sitka's Coast Guard dock |work=KCAW |author=Robert Woolsey |date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228052651/https://www.kcaw.org/2020/12/27/trumps-defense-veto-could-sink-sitkas-coast-guard-dock/ |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |url-status=live |quote=Sitka was selected as a home port for one of the six vessels. And while the actual ship itself doesn’t appear in jeopardy, there might not be anyplace to put it, if the veto stands. |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="NRA1">{{cite web |title=NRA withholds endorsement in Alaska Senate race |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nra-withholds-endorsement-in-alaska-senate-race/ |work=CBS News |date=September 25, 2014 |language=en-us |access-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925222025/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nra-withholds-endorsement-in-alaska-senate-race |archive-date=September 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="www.nytimes.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/us/dan-sullivan-holds-on-to-win-alaska-senate-race-for-gop.html |title=Dan Sullivan, G.O.P. Senate Challenger in Alaska, Wins Senate Race |author=Johnson, Kirk |work=The New York Times |date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="stevens09">{{cite web |date=April 8, 2009 |title=Stevens files candidacy for 2014 election |url=http://www.adn.com/2009/04/08/753646/stevens-files-candidacy-for-2014.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004230017/http://www.adn.com/2009/04/08/753646/stevens-files-candidacy-for-2014.html |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |publisher=ADN.com |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref> <ref name="TheHill11112020">Axelrod, Tal & Zack Budryk. 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==External links== {{commons category|Dan Sullivan (U.S. politician)|Dan Sullivan}} * [https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/ Senator Dan Sullivan] official U.S. Senate website * [https://dansullivanforalaska.com/ Campaign website] * {{CongLinks | congbio=S001198 | votesmart=114964 | fec=S4AK00214 | congress=dan-sullivan/2290}}
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