Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) presents a mixed accountability profile driven mainly by his stock-trading record: roughly 80 trades worth up to $2.08 million while in office, with at least three documented STOCK Act late-disclosure violations between 2018 and 2022, though his office attributes the flagged sales to inherited assets handled by a third-party manager. His estimated net worth grew about 176% during his tenure to roughly $8 million, but a significant portion traces to inherited family wealth (RPM International) that predates his office and is not scored as enrichment. Industry contributions from defense, oil/gas, and fisheries broadly align with his committee roles and voting record, which is a correlation rather than proof of influence. No credible public evidence was found of campaign-fund personal use or family/staff revolving-door dealing, and his missed-vote rate (3.9%) sits only modestly above the Senate median.
Public record
In Congress since
2015
Committees
Armed Services Commerce, Science, and Transportation Environment and Public Works Veterans' Affairs
Missed votes, 119th Congress
3.1% (28 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$9.1M raised · 21% from PACs & committees · $7.3M cash on hand FEC ↗
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Stock self-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
52
Reported roughly 80 trades worth $550K-$2.08M (2015-2024) and violated the STOCK Act's 45-day disclosure deadline at least three times (2018-2022), including late-disclosed sales of Mowi (seafood) and Five Below stock. Some holdings are inherited family stock (RPM International, founded by his grandfather) managed by a third party, which lowers the intent signal; no documented proof of trades timed to non-public committee information or confirmed market-beating returns. Sits on Armed Services, Commerce (Fisheries), and Environment committees, creating sector-overlap optics, but specific holding-to-vote linkage is unproven.
Estimated net worth rose ~176% during his Senate tenure, from roughly $3M (2015) to ~$8.1-8.3M (2025), outpacing a salary-plus-market baseline. A meaningful share of growth is attributable to inherited family wealth (RPM International stock from his father/grandfather's company) rather than office-linked gains, which tempers the self-dealing inference. Confidence is medium because the inheritance vs. market vs. office-attributable split is not precisely documented.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
35
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. Sullivan, a senior Armed Services and Environment & Public Works member, receives substantial contributions from defense, oil/gas, and fisheries interests that align with his Alaska resource-development and pro-defense voting record. This is typical industry-to-committee alignment rather than documented quid pro quo; exact dollar concentrations could not be retrieved (OpenSecrets industry page returned 403). No specific donor-to-vote exchange is established.
No credible public record of Sullivan converting campaign or leadership-PAC funds to personal use was found. FEC complaints in the 2026 cycle target his same-named primary rival ('Decoy Dan') and opponent Mary Peltola, not Sullivan himself. Absence of evidence is not penalized.
No specific, sourced evidence found of Sullivan's family members lobbying his office, contracts tied to his office, or a documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. LegiStorm/OpenSecrets track such data but detail is paywalled and unverified here. Per rules, absence is scored 0 rather than penalized.
Missed 169 of 4,289 roll-call votes (3.9%) from Jan 2015-June 2026, modestly above the 2.8% median for sitting senators. He maintains active fundraising (e.g., $717.9K disclosed in Q3 2025). Attendance is only slightly below median and there is no evidence of heavy paid-speech activity displacing official duties, so the score is low-moderate.
Sources behind this score: 4 news reporting · 1 data aggregator · 3 reference database · 2 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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