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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins made a name for himself as a coalition builder willing to raise alarms about his state’s dire fiscal straits.

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins at a coffee shop in Fairbanks, Alaska, in July. Credit... Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Nov. 14, 2026, 12:08 a.m. ET

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, an energetic former state lawmaker who ran as a pragmatic coalition-builder, will be Alaska’s next governor, The Associated Press said. He will be the first Democrat elected to lead the state since 1998 and the youngest governor in state history.

Mr. Kreiss-Tomkins, 37, defeated Bernadette Wilson , a former Republican talk show host who owns a garbage-collection company.

In his victory declaration, Mr.…