Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins likely to become Alaska’s first Democratic governor since 2002

By: James Brooks, Corinne Smith, Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 947

Last Updated: 5 days, 12 hours ago

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This article was last updated at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday.

Alaska is on course to have its first Democratic governor since Tony Knowles left office almost a quarter-century ago.

According to incomplete, preliminary results published Tuesday night by the Alaska Division of Elections, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins had 49% of the vote among four people competing to replace Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is term-limited and unable to run for re-election this year.

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