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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is a former Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives from Sitka who served from 2013 to 2023. He is one of four candidates for Governor of Alaska on the November 3, 2026 ranked-choice ballot after finishing first in the August 18, 2026 open primary.

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Running for: Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)
Running in: Alaska
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
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Education: Sitka High School (graduated); attended college without completing a degree
Prior office: Alaska House of Representatives, 2013 to 2023
Residence: Sitka, Alaska
Primary result: First of 17, 21.6 percent (preliminary, Aug. 18, 2026)

Background

Biography

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins was born and raised in Sitka, Alaska, where his mother worked as a family doctor at the local hospital. He graduated from Sitka High School and attended college on the East Coast but left without a degree to run for the Alaska House of Representatives, winning his first campaign by 32 votes. A Democrat, he represented Sitka and rural Southeast Alaska in the House from 2013 to 2023 and served on a bipartisan, bicameral fiscal working group that drafted a long-term budget plan in 2021. He did not seek reelection in 2022. On February 4, 2026 he announced his candidacy for governor in Sitka, the sixteenth candidate to enter. In the August 18, 2026 open primary he finished first among 17 candidates with 28,406 votes, or 21.6 percent, in preliminary results. The other Democrat in the top four, Tom Begich, withdrew by the August 31 deadline. Kreiss-Tomkins appears on the November 3, 2026 ranked-choice ballot with Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor.

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Candidate · Alaska · Democrat

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)

Public record

Office and sources

Running for: Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)
Running in: Alaska
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Education: Sitka High School (graduated); attended college without completing a degree
Prior office: Alaska House of Representatives, 2013 to 2023
Residence: Sitka, Alaska
Primary result: First of 17, 21.6 percent (preliminary, Aug. 18, 2026)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Also from Alaska

Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Alaska