Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)

Dan Sullivan
Sullivan in 2025
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
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 (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 60) 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 Marine Corps Reserve
Years of service	1993–1997, 2004–2006 (active) 1997–2004, 2006–2024 (reserve)
Rank	Colonel
Commands	6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company 4th Marine Division's Anti-Terrorism Battalion
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Legion of Merit[1] 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, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving as the junior United States senator from the state of 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 and graduated from Culver Academies in Indiana. 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 was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Mark Begich after winning the Republican primary against Mead Treadwell and Joe Miller. He was reelected in 2020.^[2]