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Sen. Dan Sullivan

Senator for Alaska

pronounced dan // SUH-luh-vun

Sullivan is the junior senator from Alaska and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Sullivan is next up for reelection in 2026 and serves until Jan 3, 2027. He is 59 years old.

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Sullivan.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Sullivan is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Sullivan has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jul 11, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Dan Sullivan sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Sullivan was the primary sponsor of 25 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 25 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Sullivan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (23%) Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Environmental Protection (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%) Native Americans (7%) Law (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Sullivan recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Sullivan voted Yea

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.
This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, …

Sullivan voted Nay

Motion Agreed to 87/12 on Dec 18, 2018.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FIRST Step Act, the Senate's criminal justice reform bill. The text of this bill was replaced …

Sullivan voted Yea

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.
The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations …

Sullivan voted Yea

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Dec 3, 2015.
H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the …

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Jul 2024, Sullivan missed 142 of 3,323 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: