Petersburg, Alaska
Fishing town in southeast Alaska.
Petersburg is home to Dan J. Sullivan, the retired teacher who shares Senator Dan S. Sullivan's name and held 4,027 first choices in Alaska's 10 November count. Governor Mike Dunleavy said on 10 November that investigations were under way over his candidacy.
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Petersburg is home to Dan J. Sullivan, the retired teacher who shares Senator Dan S. Sullivan's name and held 4,027 first choices in the count of 10 November 2026. Governor Mike Dunleavy said that day that investigations were under way over the namesake's candidacy. Dunleavy gave no detail, and no one has been charged. More than 245,000 ballots had been counted by then.
The town is the seat of Petersburg Borough in south-east Alaska, a fishing town. Its population was 3,043 at the 2020 census.
On 18 November the ranked-choice round passes the namesake's 4,027 ballots to his voters' later preferences, while Mary Peltola defends a 4,250-vote first-choice lead over the senator.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 11 November 2026. Editorial standards.