Overview
- Unofficial returns show Bo French at about 33.3% and incumbent Jim Wright at about 31.5%, leaving both short of the majority needed to win outright.
- The runoff is set for May 26 and will decide the Republican nominee to face state Rep. Jon Rosenthal in a contest Democrats have not won since 1995.
- The three‑member commission oversees the state’s oil and gas sector, with decisions that carry major economic and environmental consequences.
- Wright points to regulatory experience, including a push to repurpose produced water for drought‑stricken communities and work on updating decades‑old oil‑field waste rules.
- French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair with family ties to French Oil Company, has drawn conservative endorsements and attention for hardline proposals and statements reported by local outlets.