Alaska primary, August 18, 2026

U.S. Senate

Nonpartisan primary

3 OF 4 THROUGH

Through to the general, leading

48.1%Mary Peltola (D)+5.4 over Sullivan

Votes counted

132,889of about 161,147 expected

Share of expected vote in

82.5%400 of 402 precincts have reported

Gap at 4th place

17Leslie holds the last place forward over Heikes, in votes

The field

16 on the ballot, ordered by vote. Every party runs on one ballot in this contest, so each name carries its own. This primary does not pick a nominee: the top four finishers advance to the general election. three of the four are settled so far.

Mary Peltola(D)Advancing to the general48.1%63,910 votes

Dan Sullivan(R)INCUMBENTAdvancing to the general42.7%56,766 votes

Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.(R)Advancing to the general2.4%3,235 votes

David Leslie(D)1.1%1,502 votes

Gerald Heikes(R)1.1%1,485 votes

Heather McElwain(R)0.6%818 votes

Carol Hafner(D)0.6%771 votes

Earl Southworth(I)0.5%686 votes

Dustin Darden(R)0.5%669 votes

Scott Kohlhaas(I)0.5%641 votes

Richard Mayers(R)0.4%519 votes

Reece Roberts(I)0.4%473 votes

Sid Hill(I)0.3%426 votes

Fred Grauberger(R)0.3%396 votes

Richard Grayson(I)0.3%345 votes

Shirley Saucerman(I)0.2%247 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 132,889 votes counted so far, 130,034 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type

Mail and absentee2.1%2,681 votesEarly in person10.1%13,155 votesElection day87.8%114,198 votes

Mail and absentee2,681 votes, 2% of the count

Peltola (D)60.4%1,618Sullivan (R)32.9%882Sullivan Jr. (R)2.3%61Leslie (D)0.9%24Hafner (D)0.7%20Kohlhaas (I)0.4%11

Peltola won mail and absentee ballots by 27.5 points over Sullivan.

Early in person13,155 votes, 10% of the count

Peltola (D)57.9%7,619Sullivan (R)36.0%4,739Sullivan Jr. (R)2.8%365Leslie (D)0.9%112Hafner (D)0.4%52Roberts (I)0.3%37

Peltola won early in person ballots by 21.9 points over Sullivan.

Election day114,198 votes, 88% of the count

Peltola (D)46.5%53,056Sullivan (R)43.8%50,073Sullivan Jr. (R)2.4%2,742Heikes (R)1.3%1,438Leslie (D)1.2%1,351McElwain (R)0.7%769

Peltola won election day ballots by 2.6 points over Sullivan.

Registered voters across the boroughs and census areas in this race: 601,104 in total, which the 132,889 votes counted so far are 22.1% of. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

28 of 29 boroughs and census areas finished, 29 reporting anything.

Every borough with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each borough, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

Peltola (D)Sullivan (R)Sullivan Jr. (R)Leslie (D)Heikes (R)McElwain (R)

Every borough

29 boroughs and census areas in this race. Every borough has reported something. These cover 130,034 of the 132,889 votes counted; the other 2,855 were counted districtwide across boroughs and census areas they cannot be assigned to, and are in the ledger below. Click any of them to break it down above.

Every precinct

402 precincts, plus 121 batches counted districtwide rather than back at a precinct: early voting, absentee and question ballots. 2 precincts have counted nothing yet, between them 521 registered voters. Click any of them to break it down above.

Topline from Decision Desk HQ. Boroughs and census areas, precincts and ballot-type splits from the Alaska Division of Elections precinct file and state's own precinct boundaries placed against Census county lines. Feeds update minutes apart, so the boroughs and census areas can trail the topline. Percentages are shares of this contest. Where a borough reports no precinct count, progress is its vote against the expected total instead. Lead confidence reflects how much of the vote is still out, not a poll. Unofficial until certified.