Alaska's governor's race drew attention on October 20, with Democrat Jonathan Christ Tompkins leading three Republicans in ranked choice voting and Trump endorsing Bernadette Wilson. On October 28, Lisa Murkowski endorsed Tompkins, a shift that puts a prominent Republican behind the Democratic candidate. The discussion frames governors as certifiers of the 2028 presidential result and Alaska as a test of Democrats' rural red-state project. Trump's criticism of ranking ballots may keep the Republican vote split, and the effect of Murkowski's endorsement remains open.