A Newsweek article reports that Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won Alaska's governor race outright with 50.8 percent of the vote, defeating three Republicans and avoiding a ranked-choice runoff to replace term-limited Governor Mike Dunleavy. It says Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress and several governors' mansions in the 2026 midterms, which Newsweek attributes to voters turning on President Trump over the cost of living and the war in Iran.