The midterms may have been more than a week ago, but the Democrats are still racking up wins. Democrats won the governorships of Kansas and Alaska Thursday night, holding on to the seat in the normally GOP-dominated prairie and flipping a Republican position up north.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is projected to win the Alaska governor’s office, becoming the first Democrat to win the office in more than 20 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, defeated Republican Bernadette Wilson and two others in the Last Frontier’s fo…
The self-described “man of the middle” was endorsed by three former governors — a Democrat, a Republican and an independent — along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters have elected a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1998, part of a national midterm elections wave that gave the party sweeping wins in state governments across the country.
Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history.
President Trump endorsed Republican Bernadette Wilson for Alaska governor, but bitter GOP infighting and ranked-choice voting complicated the race to succeed Mike Dunleavy.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - The Associated Press called the Alaska governor’s race for Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, while Mary Peltola leads Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Virginia Foxx trails in North Carolina with both races still uncalled.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins’ victory means Democrats will now hold 30 US governorships after midterm blowout Democrats have captured Alaska ’s governor’s seat for the first time in nearly three decades, marking another major victory for their party in a midterm election period that has dramatically shif…
