Democrat running to regulate Texas energy industry says world ‘needs more’ of state’s oil and gas

Luke Warford, candidate running for Texas Railroad Commission, talks to area media during a press stop 08/19/2022 at the Midland Petroleum Museum. Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramSAN ANTONIO — In the race for a seat on the, Democratic candidate Luke Warford presents himself with a simple message: The world needs more Texas oil and gas.

“I’m an energy expansion guy. It’s so clear from the last year that we’re going to need Texas oil and gas for a while,” he said. “So while we need it, we should be making sure that it’s clean and as safe as possible.”In a meeting with the San Antonio Express-News editorial board, Warford attributed part of the rightward shift of Latino voters in Texas during the 2020 election to the perception that a Democratic president would do away with oil and gas jobs.

It’s legal in Texas for railroad commissioners to accept unlimited political contributions from the oil and gas entities they oversee. Warford said that while the RRC has conflict of interest rules requiring commissioners to recuse themselves if they have a “personal or private interest” in a matter that comes before them, they’re not followed.

Warford received at least three donations worth $10,000 each from the Jane Fonda Climate PAC in Washington and from donors in New York and Dallas. Attorney Sarah Stogner took Christian to a run-off election in the Republican primary, when she was raising concerns about the incumbent’s campaign donations and lax enforcement on oil and gas operators. Stogner last month endorsed Warford.There's nothing godly about the 'only Christian' in the Texas Railroad Commission runoff

Luke Warford is a political strategist unqualified for the job. He knows nothing about the Texas energy industry, knowledge of which he admitted in his Ballotpedia survey was most important for the office holder.

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