Democratic Underground for Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins AK governor

https://www.jktforak.com/

I was born and raised in Sitka. Like a lot of kids in Southeast, I spent most of my time playing in the woods getting dirt under my fingernails. My dad kept the freezer full of venison and halibut and my mom worked as a family doctor in the local hospital. I graduated Sitka High School as an Eagle Scout.

I went to college on the East Coast where I got my first taste of traffic jams and 90-degree weather. I was starting my final year before graduation when a few friends from home called. Southeast Alaska’s long-time representative in the Alaska Legislature was running for reelection — unopposed.

The incumbent had voted to give oil companies a massive tax break, shortchanging Alaskans and leaving our schools and infrastructure crumbling. So I left college, without a degree, and came home to kick off a scrappy, grassroots campaign, traveling by ferry and floatplane to knock on nearly every door across Southeast Alaska. I won — by 32 votes.

That was 14 years ago. Since then, I’ve won five elections fighting for working families, a strong economy, and a government that works for regular people. In Juneau, I worked across the aisle to reduce trawl bycatch, protect public schools, invest in basic infrastructure like roads and harbors, revitalize Alaska Native languages, and protect the $85 billion Permanent Fund.