Overview
- Major outlets projected Jonathan Kreiss‑Tomkins as Alaska’s next governor on Saturday after he reached about 50.8% of the vote with roughly 96% of ballots counted.
- The Alaska Senate contest remained unresolved with Democrat Mary Peltola leading Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan 49.8% to 46.1% and officials warning the final result could take several days to declare.
- Kreiss‑Tomkins, 37, would be the youngest governor in state history and would replace Republican Mike Dunleavy, breaking a two‑decade run of GOP governors.
- Kreiss‑Tomkins ran as a centrist and won cross‑party backing, including from Senator Lisa Murkowski and three former governors, while campaigning on higher school funding, lower energy costs, Medicaid expansion, and protections for the fishing industry.
- The projected state result comes as part of broader Democratic gains nationwide that gave the party control of both chambers of Congress and raised the number of Democratic governorships to thirty for 2027, and Alaska’s slow count reflects large numbers of absentee and remote ballots that arrive and are processed after Election Day.