Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
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Kreiss-Tomkins greeting a spectator at the Alaska Day Parade in downtown Sitka (2014)
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| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 35th district |
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Assumed office January 15, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Thomas |
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February 7, 1989 Sitka, Alaska |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Sitka, Alaska |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (born February 7, 1989) is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represents the state's thirty-fifth district, which encompasses many Southeast island communities including Hoonah, Sitka, Haines, Kake, Klawock, Craig, and Metlakatla.
For the 28th Legislature, Representative Kreiss-Tomkins is a member of the following committees:
House Bill 216, sponsored by Kreiss-Tomkins, was signed into law on October 23, 2014, making each of the twenty Native languages in Alaska an official language of the state. The act, which was passed by large bipartisan majorities in both chambers, adds Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages as official languages of the state.
Due to the 2010 Census redistricting, Bill Thomas, a state representative since 2004, was no longer an incumbent in some of the towns of the modified district. Kreiss-Tomkins' hometown of Sitka fell into the 34th district and no other candidates from the Democratic party filed to run in the primary, so he decided to run for the seat.
The race was very close, as Kreiss-Tomkins only won 4130 to 4098 with 50.12% of the vote, a margin of only 32 votes. After a recount that decreased Kreiss-Tomkins' margin of victory from 34 to 32, the vote was finalized on December 3, 2012, almost a month after election day.
In the 2014 mid-term elections, Kreiss-Tomkins was re-elected with 60 percent of the vote (3393 votes to 2288). Kreiss-Tomkins faced Petersburg Republican Steven Samuelson, who lost twice before to Peggy Wilson of Wrangell in primaries. Kreiss-Tomkins was elected in a slightly altered district (renumbered as House District 35) that now included Petersburg and the northern end of Prince of Wales Island, but no longer covered Haines and Metlakatla.
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