BO FRENCH

Republican

On ballot as: BO FRENCH
Current role: Investor in the energy sector
Background: Bachelor’s degree
Started investment firm
Family runs an oil business in Midland
Experience: Former chairman, Tarrant County Republican Party
Longtime conservative activist
Top priorities: "Fix administrative inefficiencies and overly-broad regulation to allow operators to produce energy at a more affordable cost to consumers"
"Protecting landowners and plugging more abandoned wells"
Tailor regulations to regions and operator sizes "rather than using blanket rules"
"End rampant DEI spending at the Railroad Commission"
Find "innovative solutions to water use" with oil industry experts
Tidbits: Oil and gas regulation: "Tailor regulations and Commission operations to the specific environment and needs across our state, rather than using blanket rules"
Environmental risks and well plugging: Will "find solutions that safeguard our land and environment while allowing energy to be produced efficiently"; priorities include "plugging more abandoned wells"
Renewable energy: "These projects should be economic on their own without taxpayer-funded incentives."
Claims and the record
Has made several inflammatory statements that have been condemned by both Republicans and Democrats, such as calling for denaturalizing and deporting all Muslims and making “Texas inhospitable to Muslims”; called people who support transgender rights or birthright citizenship “retards.”
Endorsements: Gov. Greg Abbott
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
Railroad Commissioners Wayne Christian and Christi Craddick
Texas Oil and Gas Association PAC
Panhandle Producer and Royalty Owners Association
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Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
Numerous Republican Elected Officials and Conservative Organizations
Texas Gun Rights
Tarrant County Law Enforcement Association
True Texas Project
Texans for Toll-Free Highways
Texans for Strong Borders
Campaign website: bofrench.com

BO FRENCH

Railroad Commissioner

Bo French