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Tom Green County, TX election informationNovember 3, 2026Brought to you by CulturaMinds

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Railroad Commissioner

Who is on the ballot for Railroad Commissioner in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 3 people running for Railroad Commissioner: Arthur DiBianca (Libertarian); Bo French (Republican); and Jon Rosenthal (Democratic).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

The Texas Ethics Commission treasurer list is a campaign-finance filing, not the ballot. The commission says the office on that form is what the filer wrote and may be out of date.

This page does not endorse anyone.

Bo French

Bo French, Republican, is certified for railroad commissioner. The Ethics Commission list shows Bo French with office held listed as county party chair, a treasurer appointment dated November 12, 2025, and office sought as railroad commissioner. The list does not name the county. Tarrant County's elections board page lists Bo French as Tarrant County Republic Party Chair. That is the page's wording. The same list names the Democratic Party chair. The page does not give a biography.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 88180

Tarrant County elections board

Jon Rosenthal

Jon Rosenthal, Democratic, is certified for railroad commissioner. The Texas House lists Jon E. Rosenthal as the representative for District 135, and the House biography says he earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin. The Ethics Commission list shows office held as state representative, District 135, and office sought as railroad commissioner.

Ballot certification

Texas House biography

TEC treasurer list, filer 82332

Arthur DiBianca

Arthur DiBianca, Libertarian, is certified for railroad commissioner. The Ethics Commission list shows Arthur DiBianca with a treasurer appointment dated December 2, 2025, for railroad commissioner, and no office held. No officeholder biography was found. A campaign-finance report for the same Ethics Commission filer, 52055, covers February 7, 2012 through June 30, 2012. The cover sheet lists the office sought as State Representative, District 51, for the November 6, 2012 general election. The office-held line is blank. The report does not describe a current job, and that report is not a current office.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 52055

2012 campaign-finance report, filer 52055

What this job is

A railroad commissioner sits on the Railroad Commission of Texas. The commission no longer regulates railroads. That work ended in 2005, when the last rail duties moved to the Texas Department of Transportation.

The commission is the state's main regulator of oil and natural gas, pipelines, natural gas utilities, propane, critical natural gas infrastructure, and coal and uranium surface mining. Commissioners are elected statewide to six-year staggered terms. One commissioner seat is on the ballot every two years. The commissioners choose their own chairman.

Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas; Railroad Commission, commissioners

The area

This office is elected by the whole state. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 population estimate for Texas is 31,290,831. The 2024 estimate for Tom Green County, Texas is 120,103. San Angelo is the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, and the city's 2024 population estimate is 100,159.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 county population estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 city and town population estimates; Texas Comptroller, Tom Green County rural snapshot; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

Map of Texas inside a navy outline; this race covers the whole state. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Large cities, interstates, major rivers, and neighboring states are labeled.Open the map full size
This race covers all of Texas, the white area inside the navy outline. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties. Dots are cities of 200,000 or more in the Census Bureau 2024 estimates, plus San Angelo, the square. Blue lines are major rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. This is not a survey map.

Who holds it now

Jim Wright holds the line this race follows. The commission's past-through-present list puts him in the group that runs back to W. P. McLean, and it lists Wright from January 4, 2021 to the present. His commission biography says he was elected in November 2020. Commissioners serve six-year staggered terms, and one seat is on the ballot every two years, so that line is the one whose next term begins in 2027. Christi Craddick and Wayne Christian hold the other two seats. Those seats are not this race. The commissioners page does not print a sentence that names the November ballot.

Sources: Railroad Commission, commissioners past through present; Railroad Commission, Commissioner Jim Wright; Railroad Commission, commissioners

Who held this seat

The commission's past-through-present list splits the three seats by who succeeded whom. This list is the line from W. P. McLean to Jim Wright. Wright's commission biography says he was elected in November 2020, and the list shows him from January 4, 2021 to the present. Commissioners serve six-year staggered terms, and one seat is on the ballot every two years, so this is the line whose next term begins in 2027. Christi Craddick's line and Wayne Christian's line are the other two seats. They are not listed. The list does not give party. The commissioners page does not print a sentence that names the November ballot.

Sources: Railroad Commission, commissioners past through present; Railroad Commission, Commissioner Jim Wright; Railroad Commission, commissioners

The buttons keep terms that overlap that many years back from 2026. A term that reaches into the window is shown in full. This choice stays on this page.

A picture is shown when a public page publishes a portrait of that person. An empty box means no portrait was found. The picture is not part of the office list.

  1. Jim Wright

    January 4, 2021 – present

    Succeeded Ryan Sitton. Elected in November 2020.

  2. Ryan Sitton

    January 5, 2015 – January 4, 2021

    Succeeded Barry T. Smitherman.

  3. Barry T. Smitherman

    Barry T. Smitherman

    July 8, 2011 – January 2, 2015

    Appointed by Gov. Perry to succeed Michael L. Williams. The list names no one from April 1, 2011, to July 7, 2011.

  4. Michael L. Williams

    January 4, 1999 – March 31, 2011

    Succeeded Carole Keeton Rylander.

  5. Carole Keeton Rylander

    December 10, 1994 – January 3, 1999

    Succeeded Mary Scott Nabers.

  6. Mary Scott Nabers

    February 10, 1993 – December 9, 1994

    Succeeded Bob Krueger.

  7. Robert Krueger

    Robert Krueger

    January 3, 1991 – February 10, 1993

    Succeeded Kent Hance.

  8. Kent Hance

    Kent Hance

    September 23, 1987 – January 2, 1991

    Succeeded Mack Wallace.

  9. Mack Wallace

    September 18, 1973 – September 22, 1987

    Succeeded Byron Tunnell.

  10. Byron Tunnell

    Byron Tunnell

    January 11, 1965 – September 15, 1973

    Succeeded Ernest O. Thompson.

  11. Ernest O. Thompson

    January 1, 1933 – January 8, 1965

    Succeeded Pat M. Neff.

  12. Pat M. Neff

    Pat M. Neff

    January 1, 1929 – January 1, 1933

    Succeeded Clarence Gilmore.

  13. Clarence E. Gilmore

    January 1, 1919 – January 1, 1929

    Succeeded Charles H. Hurdleston.

  14. Charles H. Hurdleston

    October 10, 1916 – December 31, 1918

    Succeeded William D. Williams.

  15. William D. Williams

    April 28, 1909 – October 1, 1916

    Succeeded L. J. Storey. The list names no one from March 29, 1909, to April 27, 1909.

  16. L. J. Storey

    November 21, 1894 – March 28, 1909

    Succeeded W. P. McLean.

  17. W. P. McLean

    June 10, 1891 – November 20, 1894

This is not the official ballot. https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/page/ele.SampleBallots