Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins wins race for Alaska governor, replaces a Republican

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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1956x1500+0+0/resize/1956x1500!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2Fc8%2F33103fa7402ba264b48ddc1ee50e%2Ftomkins.jpg' alt='Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democrat, has won the race for governor of Alaska and will replace the outgoing Republican. Here he's seen at a polling station at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Election Day.'/><p>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.</p><p>(Image credit: Eric Stone)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-151719' />