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2026 Alaska U.S. Senate — Top-Four Primary · August 18, 2026
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Alaska Division of Elections — 2026 Primary Election certified candidate list
Contest: UNITED STATES SENATOR
Candidate on ballot: Leslie, David B.
Party registration: Democrat
Status: Certified
Campaign address: PO Box 81551 Fairbanks, AK 99708
Phone: (907) 888-3123
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.davidleslieforsenate.com
Official candidate statement: https://elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2026/LESLIE,%20DAVID%20B-US%20Sen_Eng_07.29.26-Pweb.pdf
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PO Box 81551 Fairbanks, AK 99708
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Campaign address: PO Box 81551 Fairbanks, AK 99708
Phone: (907) 888-3123
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.davidleslieforsenate.com
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PO Box 81551 Fairbanks, AK 99708
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Alaska Division of Elections — 2026 Primary Election certified candidate list
Contest: UNITED STATES SENATOR
Candidate on ballot: Leslie, David B.
Party registration: Democrat
Status: Certified
Campaign address: PO Box 81551 Fairbanks, AK 99708
Phone: (907) 888-3123
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.davidleslieforsenate.com
Official candidate statement: https://elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2026/LESLIE,%20DAVID%20B-US%20Sen_Eng_07.29.26-Pweb.pdf
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Age: 38 Place of Birth: Bogalusa, LA Occupation: Contractor Length of Residency in Alaska: 38 years.
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Age: 38 Place of Birth: Bogalusa, LA Occupation: Contractor Length of Residency in Alaska: 38 years.
Fairbanks, Alaska - 38 years.
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Fairbanks, Alaska - 38 years.
Lathrop High School St. Mary's College of California University of Alaska Fai r banks Tanana Valley State Fair Association - previous Board Secretary PFLAG Fairbanks - previous Board Treasurer Northern Alaska Environmental Center - current Board Secretary Swing, Latin and ballroom dance, community theatre and film production, Japanese language and culture.
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Lathrop High School St. Mary's College of California University of Alaska Fai r banks Tanana Valley State Fair Association - previous Board Secretary PFLAG Fairbanks - previous Board Treasurer Northern Alaska Environmental Center - current Board Secretary Swing, Latin and ballroom dance, community theatre and film production, Japanese language and culture.
Other (Biographical Information): David Leslie is Iñupiaq, his mother is from Kotzebue.
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Other (Biographical Information): David Leslie is Iñupiaq, his mother is from Kotzebue.
He was raised by his grandmother who owned Leslie's Beauty Supply, his veteran grandfather who worked for the Local 375 Plumbers and Pipefitters, and he helps care for his mother, who is an disabled Veteran .
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He was raised by his grandmother who owned Leslie's Beauty Supply, his veteran grandfather who worked for the Local 375 Plumbers and Pipefitters, and he helps care for his mother, who is an disabled Veteran .
He has worked at the Fairbanks Pioneer Home and was the ASEA 52 Union Steward during the COVID pandemic. He is currently a contractor for environmental conservation organizations, ensuring Alaska Native values and people are included in stewardship of our lands, waters and wildlife.
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He has worked at the Fairbanks Pioneer Home and was the ASEA 52 Union Steward during the COVID pandemic. He is currently a contractor for environmental conservation organizations, ensuring Alaska Native values and people are included in stewardship of our lands, waters and wildlife.
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I believe we must protect LGBTQ people and trans youth, abortion rights and access, environmental protections, multi - racial democracy, election rights and access, a humane and timely immigration system, and the U . S . Constitution.
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I believe we must protect LGBTQ people and trans youth, abortion rights and access, environmental protections, multi - racial democracy, election rights and access, a humane and timely immigration system, and the U . S . Constitution.
I believe in expanding Medicaid, Medicare, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Services with the goal of universal health care. In order to create the infrastructure for these services, we need to expand financial aid opportunities to higher education, with the goal of universal higher education, for colleges, universities and trade schools. We must stop sending weapons to foreign countries w ho face allegations of genocide, and use that funding to invest in schools and healthcare.
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I believe in expanding Medicaid, Medicare, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Services with the goal of universal health care. In order to create the infrastructure for these services, we need to expand financial aid opportunities to higher education, with the goal of universal higher education, for colleges, universities and trade schools. We must stop sending weapons to foreign countries w ho face allegations of genocide, and use that funding to invest in schools and healthcare.
I support using all methods available to make the American government work for it's citizends again, including impeachment.
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I support using all methods available to make the American government work for it's citizends again, including impeachment.
The collapse of fisheries across Alaska is a crisis and we must take decisive action to protect our ways of life for future generations. I support a ban on destructive bottom trawling, which generates millions of pounds of bycatch annually. I also support climate mitigation policies ; warming waters are a contributor to the collapse of fish populations along with destructive trawling practices.
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The collapse of fisheries across Alaska is a crisis and we must take decisive action to protect our ways of life for future generations. I support a ban on destructive bottom trawling, which generates millions of pounds of bycatch annually. I also support climate mitigation policies ; warming waters are a contributor to the collapse of fish populations along with destructive trawling practices.
I will vote to stop funding atrocities abroad and support investing those dollars in Alaska.
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I will vote to stop funding atrocities abroad and support investing those dollars in Alaska.
There is a national attack on the civil liberties of LGBTQ+ people across America, especially against trans people in this country. I will be a vocal advocate for the rights of trans Alaskans and vehemently oppose efforts to eradicate trans identity or efforts to treat them as second-class citizens under the law.
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There is a national attack on the civil liberties of LGBTQ+ people across America, especially against trans people in this country. I will be a vocal advocate for the rights of trans Alaskans and vehemently oppose efforts to eradicate trans identity or efforts to treat them as second-class citizens under the law.
No one in the richest country in the world should be unable to afford medical care. If elected, I will support Medicare for All.
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No one in the richest country in the world should be unable to afford medical care. If elected, I will support Medicare for All.
I oppose the short-sighted greed of extractive industry that seeks to irreparably ruin our lands and waters for short-term profit. I support a transition to renewable energy and oppose destructive drilling and mining projects in Alaska that threaten traditional subsistence foodways, such as Donlin Gold, Ambler Road, Graphite One, Pebble Mine, and more.
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I oppose the short-sighted greed of extractive industry that seeks to irreparably ruin our lands and waters for short-term profit. I support a transition to renewable energy and oppose destructive drilling and mining projects in Alaska that threaten traditional subsistence foodways, such as Donlin Gold, Ambler Road, Graphite One, Pebble Mine, and more.
We need a congress that will act to serve our citizens, not dark money or corporate influence. We must install term limits on members of congress, ban insider trading, limit political contributions and create a system of oversight for the Supreme Court.
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We need a congress that will act to serve our citizens, not dark money or corporate influence. We must install term limits on members of congress, ban insider trading, limit political contributions and create a system of oversight for the Supreme Court.
In order to achieve these goals, we must first address the illegal wars, weaponization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol who has killed US citizens and not yet been brought to justice, the failure to release the Epstein files and pro secute perpetrators.
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In order to achieve these goals, we must first address the illegal wars, weaponization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol who has killed US citizens and not yet been brought to justice, the failure to release the Epstein files and pro secute perpetrators.
ICE is a rogue agency that has torn apart families, is incarcerating immigrants in deplorable conditions, and has killed numerous innocent people, including American citizens. This agency cannot be reformed and must be abolished.
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ICE is a rogue agency that has torn apart families, is incarcerating immigrants in deplorable conditions, and has killed numerous innocent people, including American citizens. This agency cannot be reformed and must be abolished.
The United States must stop sending its taxpayer dollars to facilitate the genocide of Palestinians by Israel.
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The United States must stop sending its taxpayer dollars to facilitate the genocide of Palestinians by Israel.
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