New reporting is highlighting how Dan Sullivan “hasn’t lost his appetite due to primary stress” and has blown through thousands in campaign cash at flashy DC restaurants and luxury hotels – all while Alaskans are paying nearly $5 a gallon for gas and 20% more than the rest of the country for groceries.
“Dan Sullivan will always put himself and his special interest backers above Alaskans,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. “While Alaskans face record-high costs, Self-Serving Sullivan has been wining and dining at luxurious resorts and the ritziest DC steakhouses. Alaskans deserve better, and now that the truth is out, they’ll vote Sullivan out this November.”
The reporting scrutinizes Sullivan’s patronage of Lucille’s Modern Chophouse in DC, which “has not opened its doors, yet Sullivan has somehow spent more than $13,000 on the restaurant since September 2025.” Since March, Dan Sullivan has also racked up tabs at familiar favorites, spending $3,000 at the 116 Club, “a private establishment well-known among DC power players,” and $6,500 at Bistro Cacao, a “French restaurant and one of his most frequented spots.”
Sullivan also spent $27,500 at The Phoenician resort “in the ritzy enclave of Scottsdale, Arizona,” where the cheapest room runs $1,000 a night and amenities include a “three-level pool” and “18-hole golf course.”
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By Alyssa Guzman
August 22, 2026
An Alaska senator desperately trying to hold onto his congressional seat has been living large outside of the Last Frontier as he barrels toward a very tight general election.
In June, the Daily Mail exclusively exposed Senator Dan Sullivan’s lavish and flashy campaign spending, including a trip to a luxury California resort where The Bachelorette filmed and spending thousands of dollars on DC restaurants.
Since March 1, the 61-year-old’s campaign has spent nearly $35,000 on restaurants located outside of Alaska, including more than $7,000 on Lucille’s Modern Chophouse in Washington DC.
Despite the chophouse announcing its venture into the capital in October 2024, it has not opened its doors, yet Sullivan has somehow spent more than $13,000 on the restaurant since September 2025, his FEC filings, viewed by the Daily Mail, revealed.
Sullivan has also haunted familiar favorites, such as the 116 Club, a private establishment well-known among DC power players, and Bistro Cacao, a French restaurant and one of his most frequented spots.
The Daily Mail has previously reported that Sullivan visited the 116 Club 10 times between January 2025 and March 2026, racking up a bill worth more than $12,000. He visited Bistro Cacao 21 times in the same time frame, spending $21,500 there.
Since March, the father-of-three has spent $3,000 at the private club across three visits, and approximately $6,500 at the French restaurant, where he stopped twice.
The Alaskan also used Beltway Catering and Taste Gourmet for event catering, spending around $3,700 and $6,600, respectively, FEC filings showed.
In fiscal quarter two, which runs from April to July, Sullivan’s campaign, not including the PACs, spent approximately $28,000 on food expenses, which include events.
By comparison, Sullivan’s campaign spent only a mere one-fourth of that in Alaska, coming in at just under $7,000, FEC filings showed.
And it’s not just Sullivan’s main camp who are hungry, but two PACs associated with the senator, Sullivan Victory and True North, have spent more than $10,000 each on food-related expenses since March.
And just like his appetite, Sullivan hasn’t lost his taste for hosting events at luxurious resorts.
Sullivan Victory spent nearly $27,500 on an event at The Phoenician in the ritzy enclave of Scottsdale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix where the average home price is just under $1million and is located more than 3,600 miles from the senator’s home in Anchorage.
The gorgeous resort sits at the base of the Camelback Mountains and offers a three-level pool that has private cabanas, an 18-hole golf course, pickleball courts, an athletic club, an on-site steakhouse and a set of private villas, among other amenities.
To stay in the presidential suite at the beginning of October, one would have to pay nearly $5,000 a night, including fees. The cheapest room in the same time frame would cost more than $1,000 with fees included, the resort’s website showed.
Meanwhile, Alaskans may struggle to afford a similar accommodation as they work to fill their gas tanks and pay for groceries.
The average price of a gallon of gas in Alaska is $4.83, as of Thursday, according to AAA. The national average is just over $4.
Sullivan backed President Donald Trump‘s war in Iran, which has been blamed on driving up US gas prices across the country.
Alaskans are also paying much more for groceries than those in the Lower 48, with Juneau seeing prices 28.4 percent above the national average in 2025, the Alaska Beacon reported in July.
Anchorage and Fairbanks were around 23 percent above the national average in the same time frame, the outlet reported.
‘Dan Sullivan will always put himself and his special interest backers above Alaskans,’ Eric Croft, chairman for the Alaska Democratic Party, told the Daily Mail.
‘While Alaskans face record-high costs, Self-Serving Sullivan has been wining and dining at luxurious resorts and the ritziest DC steakhouses. Alaskans deserve better, and now that the truth is out, they’ll vote Sullivan out this November.’
Sullivan has an estimated net worth of $8.5 million, according to Quiver Quantitative, which tracks politicians’ trading. Sullivan and his family have at least $4 million in publicly available assets, according to his 2025 Senate Financial Disclosure, viewed by the Daily Mail.
He did not disclose any earned income on his 2025 form. He does, however, receive at least $174,000 from his congressional salary.
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