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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano and Kayla Guo

Democratic Rep. Jon Rosenthal will run for Texas Railroad Commission

Texas Democrats Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston and Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, l,  get off a charter bus from the Austin airport outside the State Archives building on the east side of the Texas Capitol upon their return to Austin following a two-week quorum break.  Man at right is unidentified.
State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston, walks to the Texas Capitol as he and other Democratic lawmakers prepare to return to the Texas House following a two-week quorum break in protest of a new congressional map gerrymandered to maximize Republican representation. (Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune)

State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston, announced Monday that he is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission — the powerful agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry — rather than seeking reelection in next year’s midterms.

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