By two votes, state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, pulled ahead of Democratic challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka in the race for House District 34, following a count of absentee and questioned ballots Tuesday in Juneau.
The count eliminated a 44-vote lead Kreiss-Tomkins held last week. A final count of remaining ballots will be held Wednesday.
“I had a lot of trepidation about those (outstanding) ballots. In hindsight, (it was) well-placed trepidation,” Kreiss-Tomkins said. The…
