Governor of Alaska
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Former Alaska state representative (2013–2023)D
- Race
- Governor of Alaska
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Bernadette Wilson (R); Dave Bronson (R); Treg Taylor (R)
- Research
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is a Democrat from Sitka who served ten years in the Alaska House of Representatives and was a member of a bipartisan House coalition. His campaign focuses on school funding, fisheries and rebuilding the state ferry system, and he has said he would fill his cabinet one-third each with Democrats, independents and Republicans.[1][2][3]
On the ballotGovernor
2026-11-03
| Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins D | challenger |
| Bernadette Wilson R | challenger |
| Dave Bronson R | challenger |
| Treg Taylor R | challenger |
Running with Zac Johnson, an Anchorage Assembly member listed on the ballot as nonpartisan. Finished first in the top-four primary.
Biography
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is a Democrat from Sitka who served ten years in the Alaska House of Representatives and was a member of a bipartisan House coalition. His campaign focuses on school funding, fisheries and rebuilding the state ferry system, and he has said he would fill his cabinet one-third each with Democrats, independents and Republicans.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Kreiss-Tomkins was born and raised in Sitka. He attended Yale University but dropped out to run for the Alaska House of Representatives.[2][3]
He represented District 35 in Southeast Alaska from 2013 to 2023 and chaired the House State Affairs Committee in the 30th Legislature.[2] Late in his tenure he co-chaired a bipartisan working group on the state's fiscal crisis, whose recommendations were not implemented, and he was a member of the bipartisan fiscal working group that drafted a long-term fiscal plan in 2021.[1][4]
On the record
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Priorities
- Fix public schools: adequate state education funding and forward funding, so that school districts know their state funding by February or March.[7]
- Rebuild the state ferry system with new vessels and an independent, apolitical governance structure.[7]
- Seek a temporary moratorium on new data centers in Alaska until the Legislature passes a regulatory framework.[8]
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Heeding ranked choice voting, candidates refine their strategies in Alaska governor's race · Anchorage Daily News · 2026-09-17 News report
- 2.Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 3.Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins talks education funding, fisheries and reviving the ferry system in Ketchikan campaign stop · KRBD · 2026-05-18 News report
- 4.Alaska's race for governor picks up 16th candidate, a former state legislator from Sitka · Alaska Beacon · 2026-02-04 News report
- 5.HB 216 — Official Languages of the State (28th Legislature) · Alaska State Legislature · 2014-10-23 Official record
- 6.Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins · Wikipedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 7.Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins talks education funding, fisheries and reviving the ferry system in Ketchikan campaign stop · KRBD · 2026-05-18 News report
- 8.Where do Alaska's four governor candidates stand on data centers? · Alaska Beacon · 2026-09-18 News report