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Alaska’s governor’s race is heating up in a wild twist of strategy as ranked-choice voting forces candidates to reach across the aisle. Once-polarized Republicans like Treg Taylor are now courting Democrats and independents, rebranding themselves as unifiers after fiery past ads. Meanwhile, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is openly welcoming GOP cabinet picks if elected, leveraging his bipartisan experience. The system rewards compromise over extremism, pushing candidates to pivot — even as some, like Bernadette Wilson, question the value of cross-party cooperation. With no official Republican endorsement and Trump silent on the method, voters are caught in a high-stakes gamble: will ranking multiple candidates pay off — or backfire?

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