Sid Miller has accumulated enemies and courted so much controversy in his two terms as Texas agriculture commissioner that even his conservative credentials and Donald Trump’s endorsement might not be enough to save him in the state’s March 1 GOP primary
White has been the beneficiary of all those tensions. The only Black GOP lawmaker in the statehouse, White is a strong advocate for gun ownership rights and outwardly conservative. With few ideological differences between the two candidates, White is campaigning on an anti-corruption message that draws on the ethics controversies that have swirled around Miller.
White took a shot at Miller over his ties to the hemp bribery scandal last month during a candidate forum that ended with theover the charges and court dates Miller’s campaign manager was facing. Other groups including the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, East Texas Conservative PAC and the Forestry Political Action Committee have contributed to White’s campaign. White even captured an endorsement from the Houston Chronicle which, in a nod toward Miller’s background as a rodeo cowboy, dubbed the commissioner a ““The top two state Republican leaders, the governor and the lieutenant governor, haven’t supported him, haven’t endorsed him.
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