NU Online News Service, Feb. 10, 8:15 a.m.EST

An email sent yesterday by the Oklahoma Insurance Departmentcontained language that is not "OK."

The insurance department promptly apologized for sending out adraft email the agency mistakenly issued that contained "offensiveand unacceptable language."

The widely distributed email seeks nominations for five awardsgiven at the National Tornado Preparedness Summit in Oklahoma Citynext month.

According to the email, the Insurance Commissioner's Award willbe presented to "the girl with the biggest [breasts]."

"This email was traced to a staff person who has accepted fullresponsibility and is deeply apologetic," the insurancedepartment's following apology email reads. "Disciplinary action isbeing taken."

Today, Insurance Commissioner John Doak saysthe person responsible has resigned.

The person responsible for sending the email wasnot named by the insurance department, but it did sayDoak, or other supervisory staff members, were not aware of thedistribution.

"The Oklahoma Insurance Department, again, deeply apologies forthe unacceptable language," its apology email concludes.

State Democrats immediately used the email to signal a continued"Republican pattern of immature and perverted behavior of our stateofficials."

In a statement, Wallace Collins, chairman of the OklahomaDemocrat Party, calledfor Doak's resignation.

Shortly after the wrong email was released late yesterday, acorrected one was sent. Nominations are being sought forthe commissioner's award, which is actually given to a person orindividial that has made outstanding contributions to the insuranceindustry in the aspect of tornado preparedness, response, recovery,or mitigation at the state, regional or national level.

This story was updated at 11:16 a.m.