Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent says regulation on the commission is too lax.
Commission Shift’s executive director, Virginia Palacios, moderates a Texas Railroad Commission candidate forum with Libertarian Hawk Dunlap, Democrat Katherine Culbert and Green Party candidate Eddie Espinoza in Austin on Oct. 16, 2024. Republican incumbent Christi Craddick did not attend.
Craddick’s seat is on this year’s ballot. The 54-year-old Midland native started her career as an attorney specializing in oil and gas, water, electric deregulation and environmental policy. She’s been an elected member of the commission since 2012 and was chosen by her colleagues to serve as its chair.
Craddick’s message to voters centers on a conservative platform. She’s opposing policies that she argues undermine the state’s energy independence and positions herself as a defender of jobs and national security.Craddick expressed frustration with federal oversight. She said the oil and gas industry is constantly fighting federal regulations to continue production and “they don’t care.”
Culbert said that Railroad Commission’s public meetings are often rushed, finishing within an hour, have too many items on the agenda and there aren’t enough public discussions of agency business. An oil well blowout shooting a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah on Oct. 4, 2024.“Just because you put cement in a well and you cut off the wellhead and throw some dirt on it, does not mean that the well is plugged,” he said.
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