Texas Railroad Commissioner race focuses on push for renewable energy, industry regulation

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Republican incumbent Wayne Christian faces Democratic challenger Luke Warford, who has outraised him and was endorsed by Christian’s primary opponent, in the...

, who was elected to his first term in 2016, in this down ballot race that can often fail to grab voters’ attention.

Warford more than tripled the amount of contributions Christian received, outraising him with nearly $379,000 to the incumbent’s almost $125,000, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission on Oct. 11. Christian, 72, was elected in 2016, defeating Democrat Grady Yarbrough with 53% of the vote. In this year’s GOP primary runoff, he defeated Stogner with 65% of the vote. Warford, 33, likes to stress how he’s the youngest Democratic nominee for a statewide office this year.Warford has been very vocal that he hopes Texas will shift to clean, renewable energy sources and shy away from coal, oil and other fossil fuels.

 

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