Sarah Stogner
Republican Candidate for Railroad Commissioner
Stogner/Photo by Campaign
Question: What is your age?
Answer: 37
Q: What is your educational background? Please list any degrees or certificates earned and any institutions attended.
A: BS International Trade & Finance (LSU), JD/BCL (LSU)
Q: What is your occupation?
A: attorney
Q: If you are a business owner, please list the business or businesses that you own. (If this question is not applicable, please note that below.)
A: Stogner Legal, PLLC
Q: Please list any civic boards or commissions (non-profit, government, union, political, etc.) on which you have served as a board member or equivalent.
A: Texas State Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, Association of Energy Service Companies, Women's Energy Network, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Federal Bar Association, Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
Q: Have you previously held or do you currently hold any elected office? If so, what office(s)?
A: No
Q: If your campaign has any online campaign resources where voters can learn more about you, such as social media accounts or a website, please list them below.
A: www.sarah4RRC.com, LinkedIn, TikTok (@theunicornlawyer), Twitter (@sarah4RRC & sarah_e_unicorn)
Q: Why did you decide to run for this office in 2022?
A: I saw our current RRC failing the public and landowners. I love the energy sector and want to help ensure Texas keeps regulating Texas. But if we do not address our complex issues (e.g. seismic activity and grid winterization) the federal government will intervene. And we don't need DC bureaucrats. We need to end crony capitalism. I don't want to be a politician, but I'm "the best man for the job."
Q: If elected, what will be your top three priorities in office?
A: My top priorities:
1. Fighting inflation by employing Texans to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy;
2. Preventing federal intervention in Texas energy regulation (we can govern ourselves);
3. Helping establish global ESG metrics and standards - Texas operators are doing some really great things to tackle hard environmental, social, and governance issues. Let’s incentivize innovation - not mandate uneconomical rules.
Q: What is an issue you believe has gone overlooked in your race and how will you address it if elected?
A: Wayne Christian is a financial planner who ran on a pro-life platform. He's a yes-man to the Craddick dynasty that has personally profited from the oil and gas industry they're elected to regulate for too long. We have to protect our groundwater. We have to usher Texas into the next era of energy independence. We have to end the crony capitalism!
Q: Why are you the best candidate for voters to support for this position?
A: Because I don't want the job. I don't want to take a pay cut and live in Austin for 6 years. But I'm the most qualified and the only one willing to discuss the difficult realties facing Texas oil and gas.