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Originally Posted by Normy
What if the governor is a republican and one of his surrogates belongs to a Democrat group. Can the governor summarily fire him?
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Most people who work in a governor's office are "at will" employees and are usually thoroughly vetted before being hired. Likewise for people working for any constitutional officers that the governor appoints... like supt. of education, supt. of transportation, supt. of finance, etc.
If any of these people decide to change their stripes and are found to be supporting "the opposing party," they can be considered a liability and be asked to leave or have their job eliminated.
That's just the way it works... people working at higher positions in state government and in the governor's office accept those ground rules.
Many just resign if they decide to change parties.