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RR COMMISSION HOPEFUL TARGETS ‘MISGUIDED’ U.S. ENERGY POLICIES
Jan. 25, 2012 – Christi Craddick, a small business owner and attorney specializing in oil & gas, water, tax and
environmental policy issues, is seeking the GOP nomination to run for the seat on the Railroad Commission
being vacated by Chairman Elizabeth Ames-Jones who is running for the Texas Senate seat currently held by
Republican Sen. Jeff Wentworth.
Jan. 25, 2012 – Christi Craddick, a small business owner and attorney specializing in oil & gas, water, tax and
environmental policy issues, is seeking the GOP nomination to run for the seat on the Railroad Commission
being vacated by Chairman Elizabeth Ames-Jones who is running for the Texas Senate seat currently held by
Republican Sen. Jeff Wentworth.
Craddick is the daughter of Texas Rep. Tom Craddick who, after 34 years
in the House, became the first Republican speaker in more than 130 years.
Christi was a political and legal advisor to her father 2002-2011. In
1994-95, she clerked at the law firm of Jackson Walker, formerly Small,
Craig & Werkinthin, where she specialized in agricultural, electric
deregulation, environmental and tax issues.
Craddick also clerked at the law firms of Scott Douglas & McConnico in
Austin and Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson in Midland in 1993. In 1991,
she served on the staff of U.S. Congressman Joe Barton. In 1994, she
worked in the legal department of the Railroad Commission and at the Third
Court of Appeals.
in the House, became the first Republican speaker in more than 130 years.
Christi was a political and legal advisor to her father 2002-2011. In
1994-95, she clerked at the law firm of Jackson Walker, formerly Small,
Craig & Werkinthin, where she specialized in agricultural, electric
deregulation, environmental and tax issues.
Craddick also clerked at the law firms of Scott Douglas & McConnico in
Austin and Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson in Midland in 1993. In 1991,
she served on the staff of U.S. Congressman Joe Barton. In 1994, she
worked in the legal department of the Railroad Commission and at the Third
Court of Appeals.
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Craddick also currently serves as president of a grassroots advocacy firm specializing in coalition building in the
public policy arena and development and implementation of issue strategies.
Craddick told the Midland Reporter-Telegram that she’s running for the Railroad Commission because of her
long interest and experience with the oil and gas industry. “I’ve paid attention to the issues for a long, long
time,” she said. According to the Texas Insider Report, Craddick sees the Texas economy as “under attack
by the federal government as the EPA threatens to shut down energy exploration, which will cost Texans jobs.”
The state, she said, needs, strong, conservative leadership to resist what she called, “Washington’s liberal,
job-killing policies,” Craddick said. The Railroad Commission’s role in ensuring the state’s energy industry
remains strong is more important today than ever before, she added.
On her website, Craddick lays out a six-point program she plans to follow if elected to the commission:
1. Ensure the Texas oil and gas industry is healthy, prosperous and continues to be a job-creator,
2. Strongly oppose unnecessary and punitive federal regulation,
3. Protect individual private property rights,
4. Maintain the safety of our state’s pipelines,
5. Defend our water and environment, and
6. Be a steadfast conservative leader, standing firm on our traditional values.
Craddick earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Austin
and is a member of St. Austin’s Catholic Church.
public policy arena and development and implementation of issue strategies.
Craddick told the Midland Reporter-Telegram that she’s running for the Railroad Commission because of her
long interest and experience with the oil and gas industry. “I’ve paid attention to the issues for a long, long
time,” she said. According to the Texas Insider Report, Craddick sees the Texas economy as “under attack
by the federal government as the EPA threatens to shut down energy exploration, which will cost Texans jobs.”
The state, she said, needs, strong, conservative leadership to resist what she called, “Washington’s liberal,
job-killing policies,” Craddick said. The Railroad Commission’s role in ensuring the state’s energy industry
remains strong is more important today than ever before, she added.
On her website, Craddick lays out a six-point program she plans to follow if elected to the commission:
1. Ensure the Texas oil and gas industry is healthy, prosperous and continues to be a job-creator,
2. Strongly oppose unnecessary and punitive federal regulation,
3. Protect individual private property rights,
4. Maintain the safety of our state’s pipelines,
5. Defend our water and environment, and
6. Be a steadfast conservative leader, standing firm on our traditional values.
Craddick earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Austin
and is a member of St. Austin’s Catholic Church.