Wire reporting: (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a 37-year-old former Alaska state representative from Sitka, won the race for governor, according to an Associated Press projection reported by NPR¹.

He will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in office since 2018, and is set to be sworn in at noon on Dec. 7^1,2.

The Anchorage Daily News said he will be Alaska's 13th governor and the first Democrat in the office since Tony Knowles left in 2002; NPR likewise named Knowles as the last Democratic governor^1,2.

Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, and winning requires a majority¹. As of Friday, Kreiss-Tomkins had 50.8% of first-choice votes counted, the Anchorage Daily News reported, citing state results².

Republican Bernadette Wilson, an Anchorage business owner endorsed by President Donald Trump, had 28.1%; former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson had 13.6%; and former Attorney General Treg Taylor had 7.2%².

The newspaper said several thousand votes remained to be counted and that preliminary data on remaining absentees continued to favor Kreiss-Tomkins; he declared victory Friday². NPR said the AP call came after more than a week of counting mail and remote ballots¹.

The Anchorage Daily News quoted his Friday statement: "Alaskans voted for change and for a government that works across party lines to move Alaska forward"².

Independent Anchorage Assembly member Zac Johnson will serve as lieutenant governor, succeeding Nancy Dahlstrom, the newspaper reported².

Kreiss-Tomkins entered the race in February, led the August primary field, and raised more than $5 million, more than his opponents combined, with additional spending by the Democratic Governors Association, according to the Anchorage Daily News².

NPR said he was endorsed by three former governors from different parties and by Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski¹. The Alaska GOP did not endorse or spend on any of the Republican general-election candidates, according to the Anchorage Daily News².

NPR reported that with this result and other midterm races, Democrats will hold 30 governorships, up from 24¹.

A New York Times account of the race was paywalled and not used for facts⁴. Certified totals were not yet complete².