Sarah Stogner made waves in February with a six-second ad of herself, barely clothed....
Sarah Stogner, a Texas Railroad Commission candidate, attends a panel discussion that included incumbent Wayne Christian during the Empower, a bitcoin mining event, held at 8th Wonder Brewery, 2202 Dallas St., Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Houston.It was another day of campaigning, and Sarah Stogner was already in a feud.
That’s a lot of what she does now, since sling-shotting from political obscurity into serious contention for a seat that few Texans understand or closely follow. But the agency has come under fresh criticism since last year’s deadly winter blackouts. The natural gas operators it regulates cut production as demand for power spiked, creating a scarcity that helped bring in record profits.
, barely clothed. She explained at the time that she was trying to get her name out against a well-funded opponent. But convincing Republican voters in the weeks since that she has an actual vision for the job hasn’t been easy. “Can I read you this response,” Stogner asked Watt on Wednesday, after Christian’s campaign claimed she supports liberal environmental policies like the Green New Deal.“No, I already sent it,” Stogner said, laughing.
Last year, in the midst of a divorce, she moved onto Watt’s sprawling cattle ranch, and eventually took her on as a client in a fight against the Railroad Commission over several abandoned oil wells that have leached noxious wastewater onto the land. Watt says she has had to sell off her herd, and wants the commission to force Chevron, which drilled the wells, into cleaning up the mess.
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