1. Christi Craddick is one of three members of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the elected regulatory body over oil, natural gas, utilities, and surface mining first established in 1891.
11 Facts About Christi Craddick
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Christi Craddick's father is State Representative Tom Christi Craddick, a Midland businessman who was the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009.
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Christi Craddick graduated from Midland High School, obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.
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Christi Craddick receives royalties of more than $2 million per year for brokering extraction lease sales, which are potential conflicts of interest as she sits regulates the state's oil industry.
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Christi Craddick has voted on the Commission on several issues affecting companies in which she has a financial interest.
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Christi Craddick polled 589,211 votes ; Chisum, 396,858 ballots.
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Christi Craddick polled 4,336,499 votes ; Henry, 3,057,733.
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Christi Craddick succeeded Elizabeth Ames Jones of San Antonio, who vacated the seat in February 2012.
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Tom Christi Craddick is the longest-serving Republican legislator in Austin, having first been elected in 1968.
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Christi Craddick lost the Speakership in 2009 to Joe Straus, a moderate Republican from San Antonio, who initially prevailed through a coalition of mostly Democrats and sixteen maverick Republicans.
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Christi Craddick polled 4,356,658 votes to McAllen's 3,588,625 ballots.