Full Name:
Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
02/07/1989
Birth Place:
Sitka, AK
Home City:
Sitka, AK
Attended, Public Policy, Yale University, 2008-2012
Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives, District 35, 2015-2023
Candidate, Alaska State House of Representatives, District 35, 2020
Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives, District 34, 2013-2015
Former Member, Bicameral Permanent Fund Working Group, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Committee on Judiciary, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Community And Regional Affairs Committee, Alaska State Senate
Former Member, Fisheries, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Minority Caucus Committee, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules Committee, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Special Committee on Arctic Policy, Economic Development, & Tourism, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Corrections, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Law Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Alaska State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on University of Alaska, Alaska State House of Representatives
Cofounder/ Board Member, Covid Act Now, 2020-present
Founder / Board Chair, Outer Coast, 2014-present
Freelance Journalist, Alaska Public Radio Network, present
Founder, Bulldogs on Baranof, present
Principal, Rosca Professional Services, present
Manager, Sitka Fellows Program, present
Manager, Sitka's Recycling Program, present
Coordinator, TEDxSitka, present
Coordinator, Baranof Island Glacialogy Research Project, present
Coordinator, Ojos del Salado Mountaineering Research Project, present
Priority Issues:
Education: I personally benefited from a strong public education, and Alaska's future depends on providing a strong public education to future generations.
Energy: Expensive power smothers every type of economic activity -- just look at Angoon and Kake. Southeast Alaska needs to develop new energy resources, improve energy efficiency, and create new electrical interties in order to guarantee affordable energy for the present and future.
Native and Rural: Far too often, rural Alaska is forgotten and ignored. I intend to represent rural Southeast to the fullest extent of my ability -- traveling regularly to the villages, and making myself as accessible and present as possible. I pledge to visit every community in the district at least twice a year, regardless of whether it's an election year.
Good Government: I support the Bipartisan Working Group in the State Senate and believe that it's been good for Alaska. I'm a believer in bipartisan and coalition government, and will work to create coalitions in the State House. I will work as hard for communities that vote against me as communities that vote for me.
Transportation: Southeast cannot survive without a reliable transportation system. It needs to be reliable and regular. Our District is the size of New Jersey yet enjoys a remarkable cultural and social cohesiveness -- which needs to be reflected by transportation interconnections.