After the Legislature narrowly voted to reject Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointee to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, the governor appointed former chief of staff Tuckerman Babcock to the position.
against Dunleavy. He has also served previously as the head of the Alaska Republican Party, a three-year term as a commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the chair of the redistricting board in 1991, and a decade at the Matanuska Electric Association. In 2022, he lost an election to state Senate to more moderate Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman.“I don’t think he’s going to be confirmed, so I guess it’s kind of a temporary appointment,” said Rep.
“Fundamentally, he tried to destroy the university, and doesn’t have a record of supporting it,” said Fields, adding that the budget cuts proposed by Dunleavy — with Babcock as his chief adviser — were “unpopular, unwise, and resoundingly rejected on a bipartisan basis.” Because the Legislature has just adjourned its regular legislative session, it will be nearly a year until lawmakers convene again to approve or reject the governor’s picks for state boards and commissions. Babcock can serve on the Board of Regents — which oversees all facilities and programs of the University of Alaska — until the Legislature votes on his appointment, likely in the spring of next year.
“I am looking forward to reviewing the budget and getting a good grasp of where all the different sources of income are,” said Babcock in a brief phone interview on Wednesday, adding that he’s “not charging in with any particular agenda.”a $495,000 settlement on behalf of Babcock and Dunleavy to two state psychiatrists who had been fired at the start of Dunleavy’s time in office for refusing to sign a so-called “loyalty pledge” to the governor.
In a written statement, Dunleavy said he is “confident that Tuckerman’s expert knowledge of public service and leadership will continue to help Alaska for the better.”
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