Meet Dan

Dan Sullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth U.S. Senator on January 6, 2015, and reelected in November 2020. He serves on the Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. Recognized as one of the Senate’s most effective legislators, the University of Virginia’s Center for Effective Lawmaking consistently ranks Dan among the Senate’s top 10 most effective members.

Despite being massively outspent by National Democrats in both of his U.S. Senate races, Dan knows how to win in Alaska—a state with more Independents than Republicans or Democrats. Dan wins by bringing together a broad coalition of supporters, including all wings of the Republican Party, independents, young voters, organized labor, Alaska Native tribal organizations, fishermen, and business groups. Dan believes bringing these diverse coalitions together is crucial to the continued success of the Republican Party.

With a distinguished record in military and national security service, Dan is a leading voice on foreign policy and a strong national defense advocate. He served as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer for over 30 years, retiring in early 2024 as a Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. Throughout his military career, he served in a variety of command and staff billets on active duty and in the reserves, with deployments to the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea.

Dan chairs the International Republican Institute (IRI) and previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and as a National Security Council Director under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Dan formerly served as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, where he managed one of the world’s largest oil, gas, mineral, and land portfolios. A relentless advocate for an all-of-the-above energy strategy and the good-paying jobs and high environmental standards that support it, Dan led the fight against the Biden Administration’s disastrous war on energy.

Dan’s leadership extends beyond traditional Republican issues. His Save Our Seas (SOS) Act and SOS 2.0 Act, signed into law by President Trump, are the most comprehensive ocean cleanup legislation in history. From his time as Alaska’s Attorney General, he has also been a leading voice on combatting our nation’s scourge of domestic violence and sexual assault. His Pro-Bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act has enabled thousands of survivors of these heinous crimes to access legal services to help them break out of the cycle of violence.

Dan earned a B.A. in economics from Harvard and a joint law and Master of Science in foreign service degree from Georgetown. He and his wife, Julie Fate Sullivan, have been married over 30 years and live in Anchorage, Alaska. They have three daughters.