Oil and gas interests are big donors to GOP Railroad Commissioner candidate
AUSTIN—Oil and gas interests pumped big money into a candidate’s campaign coffers, new campaign finance reports revealed.
Top executives and political action committees associated with oil and gas companies in the state donated more than $150,000 to Ryan Sitton, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commissioner, which regulates the oil and gas industry. The donations from industry associates accounted for more than half of the total Sitton received.
Sitton, an oil and gas engineer and business owner from Houston, outraised Democratic nominee Steve Brown more than ten-fold. Sitton tallied nearly $290,000 in donations and had about $100,000 cash on hand.
Brown, a former Democratic Party chairman, pulled in just over $27,700. He had about $5,000 cash on hand.
More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/oil-and-gas-interests-donate-big-to-rrc-candidate.html/ .
[font color=green]Not really news since we know that the GOP has bought and paid elected representatives for years.[/font]
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