Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says his top priorities are supporting schools, protecting fisheries and lowering everyday costs.[1]
• Says he would work across party lines, pointing to ten years representing a rural Southeast district.[1],[4]
• Promises to deliver a balanced budget.[3],[4]
• Calls for a statewide "housing building boom" to help young Alaskans stay in the state.[3]

Background

• State Representative, Alaska House of Representatives · 2013–2023[1],[5]
• Member, bipartisan bicameral fiscal working group, Alaska Legislature · 2021[5]
• Business owner[1]

Education

• Attended (left without degree), Yale College[1]

Where they stand

• Education
  Supports fully funding public schools and a constitutional amendment to forward-fund education; supports removing cell phones from classrooms.[1],[2]
• Taxes
  Wants all oil and gas producers, including Hilcorp, to pay state corporate income tax, and proposes a tax on second homes owned by nonresidents.[2],[3]
• Permanent Fund Dividend
  Opposes paying large dividends by drawing down the Permanent Fund, backs a smaller sustainable dividend, and proposes a constitutional amendment to protect the fund.[2],[3],[4]
• Energy & Environment
  Supports incentives for Cook Inlet gas, a gas pipeline and renewables; supports a moratorium on new data centers until the Legislature passes rules for them.[2],[3],[6]
• Fisheries
  Supports limits on trawl bycatch and opposes the Pebble Mine.[1],[2]
• Health Care
  Supports protecting Medicaid expansion and expanding telehealth.[1],[2]
• Abortion
  Supports abortion rights and access to contraception.[2]
• Economy & Jobs
  Supports returning to a defined-benefit pension system for state workers and teachers.[2],[3]

Voting record

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words