# Democrat flips Alaska governor’s mansion after Trump-backed GOP infighting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/democrat-flips-alaska-governors-mansion-after-trump-backed-gop-infighting/
- Published: 2026-11-14T06:09:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T07:22:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-flips-alaska-governors-mansion-trump-backed-gop-infighting
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins flipped Alaska’s governorship for Democrats.
- He is the state’s first Democratic governor since 1998.
- Republican infighting shaped a ranked-choice election.

## Summary

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won Alaska’s gubernatorial election, defeating Trump-endorsed Republican Bernadette Wilson and giving Democrats the governor’s mansion for the first time since 1998. The result followed a divided Republican contest, as several candidates competed to succeed Governor Mike Dunleavy, who could not seek a third consecutive term.

Kreiss-Tomkins is a former state representative from Sitka, while Wilson is a conservative activist and former political operative. Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor also remained in the race after Donald Trump criticised them for splitting conservative support. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting: if no candidate wins a majority of first-choice votes, lower-placed candidates are eliminated and ballots are reassigned according to voters’ next preferences.

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