Posted on 02/23/2022 1:31:36 PM PST by tlozo
A woman running for railroad commissioner in the Lone Star State has raised eyebrows over her racy campaign video — in which she straddles an oil pump wearing little more than a cowboy hat and boots.
“They said I needed money. I have other assets,” GOP lawyer Sarah Stogner, 37, said in a campaign clip posted to TikTok.
Stogner, who posted the steamy video on Super Bowl Sunday, said it was shot in November by a documentary crew she hired for her campaign against incumbent Wayne Christian, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Some friends suggested that she post the video on TikTok to call attention to leaking wells in West Texas, according to the paper.
“I started doing a little digging and was like, wow, this is great,” she told the outlet. “This is how I’m going to communicate to the masses about what’s happening out here, because people are visual.”
Stogner told the paper she decided to release the video because the risk seemed worth it — as a University of Houston poll showed her only a few points behind Christian, who has been bankrolled by oil and gas interests.
“I knew it would be controversial. I didn’t realize it would incite the rage and anger that it did from the press,” she told the Chronicle. Sarah Stogner.
The San Antonio Express-News described the video as “disgraceful” and pulled its endorsement of Stogner.
“We review social media, and Stogner would never have been our pick had the video appeared before we made our recommendation,” the paper said in an editorial.
“It’s painful to rescind a recommendation. But this is an opportunity to reaffirm our principles and expectations,” the editorial board wrote. Sarah Stogner. In the video, Sarah Stogner straddles an oil pump wearing a cowboy hat and boots.
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She’s got my vote.
I was going to ask what her husband thought, but I don’t see a ring.
In Texas, the Railroad Commission regulates the oil and gas industry.
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The Railroad Commission of Texas was established in 1891 under a constitutional and legislative mandate to prevent discrimination in railroad charges and establish reasonable tariffs. It is the oldest regulatory agency in the state and one of the oldest of its kind in the nation. The Railroad Commission of Texas no longer has any jurisdiction or authority over railroads in Texas, a duty which was transferred to other agencies, with the last of the rail functions transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation in 2005.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is the state agency with primary regulatory jurisdiction over the oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline industry, natural gas utilities, the LP-gas industry, and coal and uranium surface mining operations. The Commission exists under provisions of the Texas Constitution and exercises its statutory responsibilities under state and federal laws for regulation and enforcement of the state’s energy industries. The Commission also has regulatory and enforcement responsibilities under federal law including the Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Pipeline Safety Acts, Resource Conservation Recovery Act, and Clean Water Act.
Where'd it come from?
Where's it leaking to?
This article is fake news…
I can see AOC trying this next. What will she be riding?
Maybe she wants to get pumped instead of ridden?
It’s a Texas thing.
Railroad Commissioner huh, does she pull trains or something?
I wonder if she is the type of woman, who will bitch and complain about men who “sexualized” women???
I’m easy...she’ll get my vote!!!
The commission does have jurisdiction over drilling.
I think that people that get upset over ads are likely the same type of dunce swayed by ads.
Had to laugh at the use of the Lone Star symbol.
Ride em cowgirl.
5.56mm
Hey I’d vote for her over anybody named “Bush”.
I can see AOC trying this next. What will she be riding?
A tip jar.
God Bless Texas!
Definitely “not guilty”
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