JUNEAU -- Gov. Bill Walker has swapped his choice for the Libertarian nominee to serve on the state commission that enforces campaign-finance and public-official disclosure rules.
Walker's initial choice for the Alaska Public Offices Commission, William McCord, faced skepticism at a confirmation hearing last week after legislators learned he moved to Alaska less than a year ago.
Walker's director of boards and commissions, Karen Gillis, said Tuesday that McCord's nomination had been withdrawn. He was replaced by Mark Fish, another Libertarian who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate last year.
Gillis said Fish was the state Libertarian party's preferred candidate.
A hearing on Fish's nomination is scheduled Thursday in the House State Affairs Committee.
The five-member APOC has typically included two Republican and two Democratic members, but state statute required a change following Walker's election last year. The law says four APOC members will be drawn from the two parties whose gubernatorial candidates drew the most votes at the most recent election.
Last year, the Alaska Democratic Party had no gubernatorial candidate on the ballot. The party's candidate, Byron Mallott, agreed to run for lieutenant governor with Walker, a longtime Republican who dropped his party registration to receive the Democrats' support.