Who is on the ballot in 99701?

Nick Begich holds a business degree from Baylor University and an MBA from Indiana University and worked for Ford Motor Company in technology, finance and product development before returning to Alaska to start businesses and mentor entrepreneurs, per the campaign site. He was elected to the U.S. House in 2024, per the campaign site.

Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat, lists criminal justice studies at Denver College and coursework at City College of San Francisco, per his statement in the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. The statement also describes campaign and organizing work with the Denver teachers' union, drug-policy reform groups and a criminal defense team in Hawaii. No campaign website was found as of October 6, 2026.

Bill Hill is a Dena'ina Athabascan from Bristol Bay who has worked as a commercial fisherman since age 12 and spent more than 25 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent, earning Superintendent of the Year in 2023, per the campaign site. He has also worked in union construction and owned a small business, per the campaign site.

McDermott is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant (22.5 years of active duty) who has lived in Alaska for more than 35 years and calls Fairbanks home, per the campaign site. McDermott has taught business courses at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for more than eight years and has run small business development programs in the Fairbanks area, per the campaign site. McDermott is the Libertarian candidate and has run for Alaska's U.S. House seat in previous cycles, per the campaign site.

Gerald L. Heikes is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alaska on the November 3, 2026 ranked-choice general election ballot, per the Division of Elections' certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website is listed in Gerald L. Heikes's FEC committee filing, and none was found as of October 15, 2026.

Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a Petersburg Republican, has built a life in Petersburg over nearly 50 years, per the campaign site. He earned a degree in forestry technology and worked for the U.S. Forest Service in surveying, timber management and timber sale administration, then earned a degree in education and became an elementary school teacher, per the campaign site. He taught in Petersburg schools for more than 20 years and grew up in Evergreen Park, Illinois, per his official candidate statement filed with the Alaska Division of Elections. He shares a name with the state's sitting U.S. senator, Dan S. Sullivan; the Division of Elections' certified list distinguishes the two by full middle name and the 'Jr.' suffix.

Dan Sullivan was sworn in as Alaska's eighth U.S. senator on January 6, 2015, and was reelected in November 2020, per the campaign site. He served as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer for over 30 years, retiring in early 2024 as a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, per the campaign site. He previously served as assistant secretary of state for economic, energy and business affairs, as a National Security Council director, and as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, per the campaign site. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 13, 2026, per the campaign site.

Mary Peltola grew up salmon fishing on the Kuskokwim River and raised seven children, per the campaign site. She served as Alaska's U.S. representative from 2022 to 2025, per the U.S. House member roster (congress-legislators dataset). The campaign site says she is running for the Senate because she has seen firsthand how government is failing Alaskans.

Dave Bronson is a Republican candidate for Alaska governor and former mayor of Anchorage. His campaign emphasizes public safety, homelessness and urban management, energy, resource development, and a conservative executive approach shaped by his city-hall experience. He is running with Josh Church as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Alaska Division of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is a Democratic candidate for Alaska governor and former state representative from Sitka. His public record includes work on Alaska Native languages, local problem-solving, fiscal policy, rural communities, and practical cross-partisan governing. He is running with Zac Johnson as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Alaska Division of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Treg Taylor is a Republican candidate for Alaska governor and former Alaska attorney general. His campaign emphasizes law enforcement, resource development, families, energy, and conservative leadership shaped by legal and executive-branch experience. He is running with Candi English as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Alaska Division of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Bernadette Wilson is a Republican candidate for Alaska governor, business owner, and conservative activist. Her campaign emphasizes energy, economic opportunity, public safety, parental rights, and a more confrontational approach to state and federal policy. She is running with Michael K. Shower as her candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Alaska Division of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Justice Pate served as a Superior Court judge in Sitka from 2018 to 2023, and before that as an assistant public defender for the State of Alaska (2006-2018), in private law practice (1999-2006), and as counsel for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (1994-1999); he holds a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas, per the court's official biography.

Crystal Jones is running for Alaska House District 36, per her campaign site. She and her family moved from Kodiak to Nelchina, an unorganized borough, after being priced out by rising property taxes, and she lives in a tiny house she is expanding by hand while heating with wood, per her campaign site. She says the experience has given her firsthand knowledge of the cost of rural living in Alaska, per her campaign site.

Rebecca Schwanke represents Alaska House District 36, per the Alaska Legislature. She holds degrees in natural resources and wildlife biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, formerly worked as a state wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and owns Talarik LLC, a wildlife and policy consulting business, per her official legislative biography.