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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.
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Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history. (Image credit: Eric Stone)
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While Republicans accuse Democrats of dirty tricks in the ongoing Alaska Senate race, the lone House contest in the state has the hallmarks of similar “ballot stacking” shenanigans.
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State Senator Cindy Holscher won the race. Though Kansas is reliably Republican in presidential elections, its voters often break for Democrats in midterms.
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Holscher, a state senator, overcame a more well-known Republican who had Trump's endorsement in the state that has gone to the GOP in most other statewide races. (Image credit: Jim Vondruska)
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