As candidates begin to announce their plans for the upcoming 2022 elections, Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian says he’s aiming for another term. “Over the course of my first term, I have seen Texas lead America closer to energy independence than we...
In perhaps the most stunning result of the evening, Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton was defeated in the Republican primary election Tuesday night. The race saw Sitton, who was first elected to the three-person Railroad Commission in 2014, as the heavy favorite...
During his visit to Texas Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence stopped in Midland to reinforce the administration’s support of the oil industry and attend a fundraiser for the Trump/Pence 2020 campaign. Upon the arrival of Air Force 2 at Midland International Air and...
On Friday, incumbent Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton took to Facebook to remind Texans he had made no endorsement in the runoff election between Gary Gates and conservative former lawmaker Wayne Christian. “While I have tried to be helpful in explaining how I...
In the midst of his seventh run for public office – this time for the Texas Railroad Commission – new documents are coming to light showing that Houston real estate investor Gary Gates defaulted on a loan of over $1 million from Bayou City taxpayers. On April 29,...
Voters already had plenty of reasons to oppose Gary Gates in his vanity campaign for Railroad Commissioner. He’s a six-time loser in various races for public office and he lacks any experience or qualification to regulate the state’s oil and gas industry. And he’s...
