Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has removed a former Democratic state senator from the chairmanās seat of a state oil and gas oversight group, saying he was terminated for cause.
Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow released a letter Tuesday evening from the governor to Hollis French, dismissing him from his post at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
French was once tapped as Democrat Byron Mallottās running mate during the 2014 gubernatorial campaign, before Mallott became Bill Walkerās running mate in the āunity ticketā that defeated then-Gov. Sean Parnell, a Republican.