Texas Railroad Commission Race: French vs Wright

0:00It's April 23, from your city to your ears, this is El Paso News today, powered by AI. The Texas Railroad Commission oversees the state's massive oil and gas industry, which raked in $27 billion last year. Right now, incumbent Jim Wright faces a tight Republican primary runoff against Bo Frinch, the former Tarant County GOP chair for one of the three, Commissioner Seats. Frinch pushes hard on social issues, calling for mass deportations and scrapping diversity programs, while aiming to ease environmental rules to keep, energy prices low. Wright sticks to boosting oil production and stabilizing costs for everyday Texans, steering clear of broad ethnic targeting. In the March 3rd primary, Frinch trailed Wright by under 10,000 votes, showing real momentum. State leaders are split. Governor Greg Abbott Baxwright, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, keeps distance from Frinch's past remarks, but attorney.

1:00General Ken Paxton stumps for him. Experts worry Frinch and Paxton stances could alienate voters in the general election, handing an edge to Democrats. That kind of baggage my flip seats Republicans usually hold. The May runoff winner takes on Democrat State Representative John Rosenthal from Houston this fall, so every vote counts in shaping Texas energy policy.