It’s been a damaging week for DC Dan Sullivan, and an even harder one for the Alaskans paying the price for his price-hiking agenda. While Sullivan is growing his personal fortune and collecting campaign checks from special interests in industries overseen by committees he sits on, his constituents face skyrocketing costs, gutted services, and the looming threat of a mine that would harm Alaska’s fishermen, families, and economy.
“Dan Sullivan has been lining his own pockets while hanging Alaskans out to dry, and now that his backroom self-dealing has been exposed, Alaskans are going to hold him accountable,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. “The pattern is clear: while Self-Serving Sullivan has been in DC enriching himself, Alaskans have been left with higher costs, broken promises, and a senator who works for his own bottom line.”
Scathing reporting this week revealed that Self-Serving Sullivan:
Broke his promise to Alaskans: Sullivan promised Alaskans he would donate campaign contributions tied to Pebble Mine in the wake of an infamous corruption scandal, but this week’s report reveals he quietly kept the special interest money. Even worse, the reporting confirms he has continued accepting campaign cash from the current Pebble CEO even as a pending federal decision on the project could irreversibly harm Bristol Bay fishermen, families, and one of Alaska’s most vital economic engines.
Reported up to $2M in stock trades: A damning report exposed that Sullivan has reported up to $2 million dollars in stock trades and ballooned his personal wealth while serving in the U.S. Senate, all while slashing healthcare, food assistance for veterans, and emergency alert systems Alaskans rely on.
Drastically outperformed the stock market: Reporting this week revealed Sullivan’s stock portfolio outperformed the market by double, multiple years in a row. He’s previously ranked as one of the top DC politicians in terms of portfolio growth, and is the only member of the Alaska congressional delegation to report trading stocks at all since 2015. No surprise he’s not eager to shut down his personal profiting.
REMINDER – Broke the law: Sullivan violated federal disclosure law multiple times by failing to report stock trades in the world’s largest farmed salmon company — conduct that raises serious questions about what else he may be hiding from the Alaskans he was elected to serve.