Texas Republican Endorses Democrat In Race for State's Top Oil Watchdog
- Sarah Stogner endorses Democrat Luke Warford over GOP rival
- Texas voters to decide oil regulator seat in November election
A worker waits to connect a drill bit on a drilling rig outside Midland, Texas.
Photographer: Brittany Sowacke/Bloomberg
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A Texas Republican has crossed party lines to endorse a Democrat in a race to oversee the oil and natural gas industry in the nation’s largest energy producer.
Sarah Stogner, a former Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commission, has endorsed Democrat Luke Warford over GOP candidate Wayne Christian in the general election. Stogner lost to Christian in a May runoff where she received roughly 35% of the ballot.