Last weekend, Swing Left hosted a Ground Truth canvass in Anchorage, Alaska.
Hi there,
The Cook Political Report, an independent political analyst, just shifted the Alaska Senate race from Lean Republican to a Toss-up, and The New York Times reported that the Senate is officially in play in the midterm elections this November.

With a geographic area that’s three times the size of Texas during low tide and a population of just 700,000, 82% of whom live off the road system and are only accessible by plane or boat, Alaska is one of the hardest places in the country to campaign in.
But it’s also home to one of the most winnable red-to-blue Senate races this year—Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is seeking a third term in the ranked-choice-voting state, but Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola, who was the first Native Alaskan elected to Congress, has made this seat winnable:
- She outraised Sullivan roughly 5-to-1 in Q1 of 2026, pulling in a record $8.9 million with 95% of donations under $100 from across Alaska.
- Peltola has won statewide twice before and she outperformed Vice President Kamala Harris by 11 points in 2024.
- An Alaska Survey Research poll from June shows her narrowly leading Sullivan.
Winning Alaska will not be easy. Voters in the state have elected Republicans reliably for most of Alaska’s history, and in 2024, Donald Trump won the state by 13%. That being said, a majority of voters are registered undeclared or nonpartisan; the state runs open primaries and ranked-choice general elections, and voters regularly cross party lines, meaning this race is going to be close, but not impossible.
Reaching voters across a state this large takes significant resources. With the help of the Swing Left community, we can help Mary Peltola win this must-flip Senate seat and pave the way for a Democratic majority.
Right now, the best way to support Peltola’s Senate campaign is by donating directly to her campaign through Swing Left, so she can staff up, reach voters across this massive state, and win in one of the most important Senate races in the country.
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– The Swing Left team