Democrat Kreiss-Tomkins says his successful gubernatorial campaign ‘covered every corner’ of Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins said Saturday that being the first Democrat elected governor in Alaska in nearly 30 years holds special meaning for him and he credits his win to an ambitious campaign that “covered every corner of the state.” Winning as a Democrat on a statewide level in Alaska can be like “working against gravity,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. The 37-year-old former state representative, who often goes by JKT, also said he was proud of the “big-tent base of support” he received from Alaskans of all political backgrounds. Kreiss-Tomkins traveled more than 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) within the vast state to pitch himself to voters, including hundreds of miles (kilometers) by snow machine and by boat to visit rural villages, according to his campaign. Most communities in Alaska are not connected to the main road system and often are only accessible by air or water. The campaign said it had more than 10,000 individual donors.

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