Former Alaska state lawmaker Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won the race for governor, The Associated Press projected. The result gives Alaska its first Democrat elected governor since Tony Knowles won reelection in 1998.
The Alaska Division of Elections still labels the Nov. 3 results unofficial. The state uses ranked-choice voting in general elections, with voters able to rank candidates in order of preference.
What comes next
Kreiss-Tomkins is due to take office Dec. 7 alongside Zac Johnson, an independent who ran for lieutenant governor. During the campaign, Kreiss-Tomkins emphasized affordability and public-school funding, AP reported. Alaska’s last Democratic governor, Knowles, left office in 2002.