Democrat Kreiss-Tomkins Wins Alaska Governor’s Race, and GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx Trails by 331 Votes
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won the Alaska governor’s race, the Associated Press called late Friday Alaska time, while Democrats led in Alaska’s uncalled Senate race and in North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx’s district.
Alaska Governor
Kreiss-Tomkins, a 37-year-old former state representative, flips the office from Republican control. He will be the youngest governor in Alaska history and its first Democratic governor since Tony Knowles left office in 2002, The Washington Post reported.
CNN declared him the winner Thursday night, the Alaska Beacon reported, and NBC News also projected his victory. He won 50.8% of first-choice votes, avoiding a ranked-choice runoff, according to results posted by Alaska’s News Source.
Republican Bernadette Wilson, President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, finished a distant second with 28.1%. Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson had 13.6%, and former state Attorney General Treg Taylor had 7.2%.
“JKT was on top on election night, on top in the first round. He’s gonna be your governor,” Wilson told the Alaska Beacon. Bronson congratulated him in a statement, saying, “Alaskans have made their choice, and I respect their decision.”
Kreiss-Tomkins said his team is ready to get to work “with an obsessive, problem-solving energy.” He will be sworn in Dec. 7 to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
He campaigned on more school funding, lower energy costs, Medicaid expansion and protecting fisheries, and he called for a moratorium on new data centers, NBC News reported. GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed him a week before Election Day.
Voters also rejected Ballot Measure 2, leaving Alaska’s election system unchanged for now, according to an Associated Press call reported by Alaska Public Media.
Alaska Senate
Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan 49.8% to 46.1% with an estimated 96% of the vote counted, according to Alaska’s News Source. The Associated Press has not called the race, the last unresolved Senate contest.
Because Peltola remains under 50%, ranked-choice tabulation is set for Nov. 18, Alaska Public Media reported. A win would give Democrats a 56-seat majority and make Peltola the first Indigenous Alaskan elected to the Senate.
The race was roiled by a New York Times report alleging Peltola’s team was involved in recruiting another candidate, Dan J. Sullivan, to siphon votes. Peltola has denied knowing about it, and state and federal investigations are underway.
North Carolina’s 5th District
Foxx, chair of the House Rules Committee, trails Democrat Chuck Hubbard by 331 votes after Friday’s county canvasses, WRAL reported. Foxx has not conceded, and the results are not yet certified.
Because the margin is under 1%, Foxx can request a recount by noon Tuesday. Trump won the district by nearly 18 points in 2024, and state certification is set for Nov. 24.
“This race is over,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Friday. “It is time for Virginia Foxx to concede.” Hubbard, who has attended freshman orientation, told WRAL he hopes Foxx will call him to formally concede.
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