Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins elected Alaska governor
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won the Alaska governor’s race, flipping the office from Republican control and contributing to the Democratic Party holding 30 governorships next year after gains in six states.
- At 37, Kreiss-Tomkins will be the youngest governor in Alaska history and the youngest sitting governor in the U.S., having defeated three Republicans to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
- Alaska’s election used a top-four primary and ranked choice voting system, but Kreiss-Tomkins secured a majority on the first ballot, negating the need for ranked choice tabulation.
- Kreiss-Tomkins received bipartisan support, including a key endorsement from GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and campaigned on issues such as increasing public school funding, lowering energy costs, expanding Medicaid, and protecting fisheries.
- He also proposed a moratorium on new data centers until legislative regulations are established and opposed subsidies for data center electricity costs.
