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Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won Alaska’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first Democrat elected governor of the state since 1998.
Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker from Sitka, succeeded outgoing Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy. He defeated a field that included Republican candidates, among them Bernadette Wilson, who had been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
The result returns Alaska’s governorship to Democratic control after Dunleavy’s two terms in office. The election was held under the state’s ranked-choice voting system.
During the campaign, Kreiss-Tomkins called for policies focused on affordability, public-school funding and requiring oil and gas producers to pay corporate income taxes. He also said he wanted to form a bipartisan Cabinet including Democrats, Republicans and independents.
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