Former State Rep Tops Ranked-Choice Slugfest as Alaska Advances Nominees for Governor
Seventeen tickets competed in Alaska's nonpartisan primary to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Michael Dunleavy in the November general election.
TL;DR
- Seventeen governor-lieutenant governor candidate pairs competed in Alaska's primary.
- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Zac Johnson secured the top position.
- Tom Begich and Julia Hnilicka finished second.
- The top two pairs, plus two more winning pairs, will advance to the November general election.
- Notable candidates included members of prominent Alaskan political families.
- Alaska uses ranked-choice voting in its general elections.