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*Prior to his election in 2016 to the state Public Service Commission, high-powered [[business]]man Mike Francis had also served as the state [[Republican Paraty|Republican]] chairman but lost campaigns for the state Senate in 1996 and for Louisiana Secretary of State in 2006.<ref>Michael Francis (Gordon), 74 - Crowley, LA Background Report at MyLife.com™, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref>

*Prior to his election in 2016 to the state Public Service Commission, high-powered [[business]]man Mike Francis had also served as the state [[Republican Party|Republican]] chairman but lost campaigns for the state Senate in 1996 and for Louisiana Secretary of State in 2006.<ref>Michael Francis (Gordon), 74 - Crowley, LA Background Report at MyLife.com™, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref>}}

'''Michael Gordon Francis''', known as '''Mike Francis'''  (born November 27, 1946), is an [[oil]]man from Crowley in Acadia Parish, [[Louisiana]] who since 2017 has been the District 4 member of the five-person state Public Service Commission<ref>, a utility regulatory body. His district in the southwestern portion of the state covers seventeen of the sixty-four parishes, including his native LaSalle Parish. He won the right to succeed Clyde Cecil Holloway, who did not seek reelection and died during the ensuing campaign to choose his successor on the commission.<ref name=ballotpedia>Mike Francis (Louisiana) - Ballotpedia, accessed April 26, 2021.</ref>  

'''Michael Gordon Francis''', known as '''Mike Francis'''  (born November 27, 1946), is an [[oil]]man from Crowley in Acadia Parish, near [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]] who since 2017 has been the District 4 member of the five-person state Public Service Commission<ref>, a utility regulatory body. His district in the southwestern portion of the state covers seventeen of the sixty-four parishes, including his native LaSalle Parish but not Lafayette Parish. He won the right to succeed Clyde Cecil Holloway, who did not seek reelection and died during the ensuing campaign to choose his successor on the commission.<ref name=ballotpedia>Mike Francis (Louisiana) - Ballotpedia, accessed April 26, 2021.</ref>  

==Background==

==Background==