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Who funds Dan Sullivan?

Alaska U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC S4AK00214
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Dan Sullivan

In the U.S. Senate (AK) since 2015 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 16 of the 16 key Senate floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 4 committees: Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, Veterans' Affairs · 9 subcommittees
  • 426 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 5 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S4AK00214) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Dan SullivanFEC filing: Dan Sullivan · S4AK00214 ↗
Raised
$8.3M
Spent
$11M
Cash on hand
$2.8M
  • Individuals 68% $5.7M
  • PACs & other committees 27% $2.3M
  • Party committees 0.7% $62K
  • Other receipts 3% $288K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $3.2M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.6M supporting · $2.5M opposing ($848K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $987K
  2. SLF PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $328K
  3. HIGH PLAINS PACSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $265K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. RIGHT FOR ALASKASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.1M
  2. AB PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.0M
  3. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $120K
  4. 907 INITIATIVE INC.Filer that is not a political committeeAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $90K
  5. 907 INITIATIVE ACTIONSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $71K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Broadcasters $11K
  2. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PACTrade association PAC · National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (nreca) $10K
  3. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  4. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACTrade association PAC · America'S Credit Unions $10K
  5. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)Trade association PAC $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $5.7M from individuals

15% in small-dollar gifts

$869K of $5.7M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $3.5M of the $4.8M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.

22% from Alaska · 78% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

62% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Alaska $755K
  2. California $404K
  3. New York $331K
  4. Florida $287K
  5. Virginia $260K
  6. Illinois $159K
  7. District of Columbia $136K
  8. Texas $122K

Top employers named by donors

  1. APOLLO $41K
  2. APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $23K
  3. BLACKSTONE $21K
  4. RDV CORPORATION $21K
  5. GCI LIBERTY $20K
  6. ECHOSTAR $19K
  7. BGR GROUP $17K
  8. WILMERHALE $17K
  9. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $17K
  10. GCI $14K

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1.2M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.9M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (9,167 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $12M for / $39M against · $8.3M in the final two weeks

That is $47M more than the $4.1M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$29M of the $51M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 20% $10M
  • Digital ads 35% $18M
  • Ads, medium not stated 33% $17M
  • Mail, print & signs 7% $3.6M
  • Phones & texts 0.9% $470K
  • Canvassing & field 3% $1.4M
  • Ad production 2% $898K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $164

Largest late spenders for

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $3.9M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $3.9M
  3. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $1.5M
  4. SLF PAC $1.2M
  5. AMERICA PAC $341K

Largest late spenders against

  1. NORTH STAR $16M
  2. WOMEN VOTE $5.6M
  3. WINSENATE $4.7M
  4. DUTY AND COUNTRY $3.1M
  5. ALASKA VALUES PAC $1.9M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (407 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $3.9M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $3.9M of the $11M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 40% $1.5M
  • Consultants & strategy 10% $378K
  • Staff & payroll 2% $70K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 20% $793K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $269K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $78K
  • Office, technology & overhead 10% $381K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $139K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $2,500
  • Other or unclassified 7% $257K

Largest payees

  1. CROSSROADS MEDIA LLC $952K
  2. MAYBELL GROUP, LLC $376K
  3. FP1 STRATEGIES LLC $346K
  4. ARENA ONLINE $305K
  5. NORTHRIM CARDMEMBER SERVICES $257K

Paid to individuals: $148K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 6, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (487 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.