The three-member board oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. The agency has faced criticism over safety concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.
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Craddick’s reelection comes as the commission struggles to keep up with the growing number of wells bursting with oilfield wastewater infused with toxic chemicals, which has led to groundwater from contamination. Craddick was first elected in 2012 and was chosen by her colleagues to serve as its chair. Her opponents were Democrat Katherine Culbert, an oil and gas process safety engineer in Houston; Libertarian Hawk Dunlap, an oil well control specialist in West Texas; and Eddie Espinoza, a retired school teacher and veteran of the Green Party.. The oil and gas sector highly influences the state’s financial health and job market. It also affects the environment.
The Republican incumbent has also been criticized by her opponents for taking donations from the oil and gas industry, which she is tasked with regulating. Since 2019, Craddick has raised more than $10 million in her campaign for a third term on the commission,Craddick’s campaign message centered on a conservative platform.
She told the Tribune some of those upgrades have reduced permitting times significantly, in some cases allowing operators to receive a permit within 48 hours. And added that if elected to serve another term she would continue her work to streamline the permitting process and keep the economic engine of this state moving forward.
“ should look at all of the valve stations around the state and make sure that they're fortified a little better,” she said. “We need a regulatory body to actually regulate. They're not making any changes based on past incidents.”
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