Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)

Dan Sullivan
Official portrait, 2015
United States Senator from Alaska
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with Lisa Murkowski
Preceded by	Mark Begich
Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
In office December 6, 2010 – September 24, 2013
Governor	Sean Parnell
Preceded by	Thomas E. Irwin
Succeeded by	Joseph Balash
27th Attorney General of Alaska
In office June 17, 2009 – November 30, 2010
Governor	Sarah Palin Sean Parnell
Preceded by	Talis J. Colberg
Succeeded by	John J. Burns
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
In office June 6, 2006 – January 1, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Earl Anthony Wayne
Succeeded by	Jose W. Fernandez
Personal details
Born	Daniel Scott Sullivan (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 59) Fairview Park, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Julie Fate ​ (m. 1994)​
Relations	Hugh Fate (father-in-law) Mary Jane Fate (mother-in-law)
Children	3
Education	Harvard University (BA) Georgetown University (MS, JD)
Website	Senate website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1993–1997 (Active) 1997–2024 (Reserve)
Rank	Colonel (Reserve)
Unit	United States Marine Corps Reserve
Commands	6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Dan Sullivan's voice Dan Sullivan proposes an amendment for rail workers contracts to avert a freight rail strike Recorded December 1, 2022

Daniel Scott Sullivan (born November 13, 1964) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Alaska since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Sullivan previously served as the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources from 2010 to 2013, and as the Alaska Attorney General from 2009 to 2010.

Sullivan grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He studied economics at Harvard University, then earned joint foreign service and Juris Doctor degrees from Georgetown University. He was in active duty for the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 1997, 2004 to 2006, and in 2009 and 2013. Between 1997 and 1999, he clerked for judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Alaska Supreme Court. After working as an attorney in private practice in Anchorage, Alaska from 2000 to 2002, Sullivan moved to Maryland to work for the Bush administration; he worked with the National Economic Council and the National Security Council and later served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.

Sullivan ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent Mark Begich. In August 2014, he won the Republican primary, defeating Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate nominee Joe Miller. Sullivan defeated Begich in the general election, 47.96% to 45.83%, a margin of 6,014 votes out of 282,400 cast. He was reelected in 2020, defeating independent challenger Al Gross by about 13 percentage points.^[1]