Steve Brown's Opponent For Texas Railroad Commission, Has Taken Most His Money From Oil & Gas Co.s

[JoethePleb]

Steve Brown is the Democratic nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, the agency that oversees the state's oil and gas industry. Brown is facing Republican Ryan Sitton who was an outlier in a primary otherwise dominated by the Tea Party.
Sitton was able to buck the Tea Party trend in large part because of his support from the very industry he would be tasked to regulate.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15503/steve-brown-pushes-for-reform-of-texas-railroad-commission-his-opponent-ryan-sitton-not-so-much

[Gothmog]

1. Why is this news?

Of course the GOP candidate is in bed with the oil industry

[mbperrin]

2. Normally, ALL of the candidates would be both past and future employees of the oil companies.

In Texas, regulate, that word, does not mean what you think it means...