Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins Makes Alaska Governor Race Breakthrough
Summary
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins led Alaska’s governor race with 50.2 percent of the vote when 88 percent of ballots had been counted. If he remained above 50 percent, he would win outright without ranked-choice vote transfers; additional ballots were still being counted.Key Facts
- Kreiss-Tomkins was the Democratic candidate and a former state representative.
- Bernadette M. Wilson had 28.7 percent of the vote in the reported count.
- Republican candidates Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor had 13.8 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively.
- Former state senator Tom Begich withdrew after placing second in the primary, leaving Kreiss-Tomkins as the only Democrat on the general-election ballot.
- Alaska voters adopted ranked-choice voting and an open primary system in 2020.
- Under Alaska’s ranked-choice system, a candidate who receives more than 50 percent in the first round wins outright.
- If no candidate receives a majority, the last-place candidate is eliminated and their voters’ next choices are counted.
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