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Sarah Stogner, an oil and gas attorney and self-described, has spent more time on drilling rigs than incumbent Wayne Christian, who rakes in campaign donations from the entities he regulates.
Texas elections have always circled around money, oil and sex. Stogner’s semi-nude campaign video ironically brings them all together. It’s proof thatTOMLINSON’S TAKE:“They said I needed money,” she wrote with a laughing emoji on Twitter. “I have other assets.” Attend any outdoor music festival and you’ll see thousands of millennials in equally revealing outfits. Celebrities who have appeared nude routinely have run for high office. Bawdy, irreverent humor is a mainstay of the oil fields. Her crime against good taste is a misdemeanor compared to the felonious policies promoted by other candidates.
Stogner, 37, is running for railroad commissioner, a deliberately misleading title for an elected regulator of the oil and gas industry. Oil and gas entities have provided two-thirds of the campaign donations to the three serving commissioners, creating an unmistakable conflict of interest.Christian is expert at raising industry money.
However, the CEO of the High Roller Group was a past donor, and Christian overruled staff to approve the dump. Four days later, the High Rollers gave Christian’s campaign $100,000.
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