Shitkicking Texas Clowns Nominate Shitkicking Clown To Serve On State Commission "Regulating" The Oil & Gas Industry

Bo French has won the Republican nomination to help run a little-known but influential regulatory office in Texas that oversees the state’s oil and gas industry. French, whose campaign was backed by far-right Texas oil tycoons, received 50.6 percent of the vote over incumbent Jim Wright’s 49.4 percent in a primary runoff Tuesday for the Railroad Commission of Texas. “I am deeply grateful for the support of TX Republicans across our state,” French wrote on X. “Our campaign focused on defending oil and gas, and putting America First—and that’s exactly what I will continue fighting for as we turn our attention to radical Democrat Jon Rosenthal.

”French will face Rosenthal, a state representative and engineer from Houston, in the November general election.The primary runoff results are a change in fortune for French, a former Tarrant County GOP chairman, who less than a year ago came under fire from Republican party leadership for posting a poll on X asking whether Jewish or Muslim people posed “a bigger threat to America.” French eventually stepped down as chairman to launch a bid for the Railroad Commission. French has called for Republicans to openly embrace Islamophobia and supports deporting 100 million people, a total that would include legal residents and citizens. Incumbent Wright drew the support of Gov. Greg Abbott and his fellow Republican commissioners, Christi Craddick and Wayne Christian. But the far-right and anti-incumbent trend in Texas Republican politics, exemplified by state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s resounding defeat of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday night’s runoff, lifted French’s campaign.

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“Commission Shift Action condemns Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French’s stance that hundreds of millions of Americans should be deported on the basis of their religion,” the organization wrote. “This position is not only unconstitutional, but also relies on an all-too-familiar political playbook that divides Texans and stokes fears.” The organization said French’s stance was a distraction from problems facing Texas, including “a growing list of orphaned wells that taxpayers are footing the bill on; radioactive waste hidden underneath subdivisions; and flaring from oil wells that is causing preterm birth and other health complications.”

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The Railroad Commission of Texas oversees the largest oil and gas industry in the nation. Texas has more than 400,000 oil and gas wells, including more than 7,500 that are considered “orphans” that the state will have to plug. The vast quantities of oilfield wastewater injected underground in the Permian Basin have been causing blow-outs and disastrous leaks for several years, a problem that the agency is still struggling to address. While the United States’ war in Iran has provided a boost to the Texas oil industry, Abbott warned during a campaign event earlier this month that French’s agenda would “wreck” Texas oil and gas. He went on to say that Republicans can’t assume victory in the general election. “All of these elections are going to be close in November,” he said.

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27052026/bo-french-wins-republican-texas-railroad-commission-primary/