The Republican and Democratic candidates vying for an open seat on the current Railroad Commission talk oil prices, domestic production, global energy fights and other issues at play in the November election.
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Castañeda is running for election as a Democrat to the Texas Railroad Commission in November. She is an engineer, oil and gas litigation attorney and founding partner of The Castañeda Firm, an energy litigation firm in Dallas. Castañeda is also the author of “The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens,” published in 2016. She ran for office in the 2012 Democratic primary for Texas' 33rd Congressional District.
Wright is running for election to the Texas Railroad Commission. He is a business owner in oil field services and waste management. Previously, Wright served as a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association, the Court Appointed Special Advocate board of the Coastal Bend and the Robstown Area Development Commission.
