Daniel S. Sullivan (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Alaska. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Sullivan (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Alaska. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Sullivan defeated Mead Treadwell, Joe Miller, and John Jaramillo in the Republican primary on August 19, 2014. Sullivan then beat incumbent Mark Begich (D) and several minor-party candidates on November 4, 2014.
Sullivan is a former Alaska commissioner of natural resources, appointed by Governor Sean Parnell (R) in December 2010. He was unanimously confirmed by the Alaska Legislature the following April. He served in this position until 2013.
Before assuming the nonpartisan post of natural resources commissioner, Sullivan served as the Republican attorney general of Alaska from June 2009 until December 2010. He was appointed attorney general by then-Governor Sarah Palin (R). He resigned from his post in early December 2010 after Gov. Parnell tapped him to head the state's Department of Natural Resources.
Read moreSullivan began serving in the United States Marine Corps in 1993, and he transitioned from active duty to the reserves in 1997. Prior to his appointment as attorney general, he worked for the federal government under former President George W. Bush (R).
Sullivan earned his B.A. in economics from Harvard University and his J.D/M.S. from Georgetown University Law Center.
While working toward receiving his law degree at Georgetown University, Sullivan interned as a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Upon graduating from law school, he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1993. He transitioned from active duty to the reserves in 1997 as an infantry and reconnaissance officer.
In addition to his military service, Sullivan worked as a judicial law clerk for both Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit based in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1997 as well as for Chief Justice Warren Matthews of the Alaska Supreme Court in 1998. Shortly thereafter, he joined the Anchorage-based law firm of Perkins Coie, LLP, where, as a private practice attorney, he concentrated on corporate transactions and commercial litigation.
Sullivan's government experience also includes working for the federal government under former President George W. Bush (R). Sullivan directed the International Economics Directorate of the National Security Council and White House National Economic Council staffs, and he was later appointed U.S. assistant secretary of state for economic, energy, and business affairs.
Sullivan has received a number of awards, including a Defense Meritorious Service Medal (U.S. Marine Corps), a White House Fellowship (2002), the National Security Council Outstanding Service Award, and the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award.
