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Senate (Flip, Peltola)

Alaska’s ranked-choice non-partisan primary will be held August 18. The field includes the incumbent Republican Senator, Democrat Mary Peltola, a second Republican candidate, and a member of the Green Party. The top four primary vote-getters will advance to the November general election. Peltola first won in a special election as the At-Large U.S. Representative in June 2022 and won the November election that year. The first Alaska Native and first Democrat in 49 years to represent the state in the U.S. House, she lost in the 2024 election.

In Alaska’s At-Large congressional district, Democrats are hoping to flip the seat that Peltola lost by 2 points to Republican Rep. Nick Begich III, though the race is an uphill battle. Two Democrats and an Independent are running, though only one, Matthew Schultz, has raised any money for his campaign. Schultz is a Presbyterian pastor in Anchorage.

COMPETITIVE AL RACE
StateIncumbentPartisan LeanCook RatingVotehub RatingSabato RatingPrimary DateDemocratic Candidate$ Raised (Dem)Republican Candidate$ Raised (Rep)
AlaskaDan Sullivan, RR+6Lean R54.9% (D)Lean R18-Aug-26Mary PeltolaS6AK00276$8,661,662Dan SullivanS4AK00214$9,099,779
GeorgiaJon Ossoff, DR+1Lean D87.0% (D)Lean D19-May-26Jon OssoffS8GA00180$81,146,109
IowaOPEN - (Joni Ernst, R)R+6Lean R ↑67.3% (R)Lean R2-Jun-26Josh TurekS6IA00298$3,463,099Ashley HinsonS6IA00314$8,158,017
MaineSusan Collins, RD+4Tossup68.3% (D)Tossup9-Jun-26Susan CollinsS6ME00159$14,925,296
MichiganOPEN -- (Gary Peters, D)R+0Tossup68.9% (D)Tossup4-Aug-26
New HampshireOPEN -- (Jeane Shaheen, D)D+2Lean D87.0% (D)Lean D8-Sep-26
North CarolinaOPEN -- (Thom Tillis, R)R+1Lean D86.3% (D)Tossup3-Mar-26Roy CooperS6NC00407$26,822,373Michael WhatleyS6NC00415$8,410,252
OhioJon Husted, RR+5Toss Up53.0% (R)Lean R5-May-26Sherrod BrownS6OH00163$25,979,968Jon HustedS6OH00304$10,527,814
TexasJohn Cornyn, RR+6Lean R53.4% (R)Lean R3-Mar-26James TalaricoS6TX00479$40,284,109Ken PaxtonS6TX00388$7,605,209
  • Peltola’s election in 2022 stunned the political world; she beat former Gov. Sarah Palin in a traditionally Republican state. But in 2024, she lost the seat.
  • Peltola leads the Republican incumbent in six out of eight polls cited by the New York Times.
  • Cook Political Report rated the Alaska Senate race Solid Republican until Peltola entered the race, and the rating shifted to Lean Republican.
  • Before being elected to the Senate, Republican incumbent Daniel S. Sullivan served in the Bush administration, and former Gov. Sarah Palin appointed him state attorney general.
  • Republican Senate candidate Dustin Darden, who is also running for election to the Anchorage School District School Board, ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for the Alaska House of Representatives in 2024.
  • Striking a balance between energy production, the local economy, and the protection of open land is of prime concern in Alaska. Other issues include a housing crisis, rising prices, healthcare access, and the impact of federal policy on local economies.
  • A ballot question to eliminate ranked-choice voting failed by less than 1 percent in 2024, but the question is again on the ballot.

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