Dan Sullivan | |
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| United States Senator from Alaska | |
| 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 | |
| Preceded by | Talis J. Colberg |
| Succeeded by | John J. Burns |
| 22nd 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 November 13, 1964 Fairview Park, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Julie Fate (m. 1994) |
| Relations |
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| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Website | Senate website |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service |
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| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
| Commands | 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | |
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 on 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. He worked as an attorney in private practice in Anchorage, Alaska, from 2000 to 2002. Sullivan moved to Washington, DC 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, he won the Republican primary, defeating Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate nominee Joe Miller. Sullivan narrowly 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.[2]
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