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Former Alaska State Senate Minority Leader Hollis French moved to Alaska from Colorado when he was 20 to work in the oil industry. After earning a law degree, he worked as a prosecutor and then, when the opportunity presented itself, ran for the state Senate, winning on his second try in 2002. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2010 and in 2014. Governor Bill Walker appointed him to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) 2016-2019. Now retired, Hollis spends much of the year in his wife’s home state of Idaho, and that is where we recorded this zoom interview from.

To read Hollis French and Kate Troll's op-ed from the Beacon, "Alaska's environmental standards are not some of the best," click here.