AP Calls Alaska Governor's Race for Kreiss-Tomkins With 139,293 Votes, 50.81 Percent
The Associated Press on Nov. 13 called the Alaska governor's race for Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. The Alaska Division of Elections' latest unofficial results show Kreiss-Tomkins with 139,293 votes, or 50.81 percent, above the majority threshold. He will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and take office on Dec. 7.
Alaska elects its governor and lieutenant governor on a joint ticket, and four tickets ran. The division's figures: Kreiss-Tomkins and his running mate Zac Johnson received 139,293 votes (50.81 percent); Republican Bernadette Wilson received 77,110 (28.13 percent); Republican Dave Bronson received 37,252 (13.59 percent); Republican Treg Taylor received 19,709 (7.19 percent); and write-in votes totaled 783 (0.29 percent). All 400 precincts have reported, with 274,147 total votes counted in the race.
Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, and a candidate who wins a majority of first-choice votes is elected outright, without the ranked-choice tabulation scheduled for Nov. 18. With 50.81 percent, Kreiss-Tomkins clears that bar. The race was also the last of this cycle's 36 governor's races nationwide to be called; all 36 governorships are now decided.
Kreiss-Tomkins, 37, is a former state representative from Sitka. He will be the youngest governor in Alaska history and the first Democrat elected governor since 1998. Dunleavy has served since 2018 and was barred by term limits from running again. Wilson and Bronson have conceded, according to the Juneau Independent.
The results remain unofficial. The Division of Elections is scheduled to certify them on Nov. 25, and Kreiss-Tomkins is set to be sworn in at noon on Dec. 7.
Related: Alaska governor count update, Nov. 12: Kreiss-Tomkins passes 50 percent
Reference: Alaska Division of Elections
Source: Associated Press
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Photo: 图：Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 在阿拉斯加州议会大厦（2020年资料照片）。Gillfoto 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，本图经延展适配为16:9。 / Photo: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau (2020 file photo). By Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; extended to a 16:9 frame.
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