James "Jim" Wright is an American businessman and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. Wright owns environmental services companies. Wright is one of three members of the

Railroad Commission of Texas The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil industry, oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas indus ...

, the elected regulatory body over oil, natural gas, utilities, and surface mining first established in 1891. He is a

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. A native of south

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, Wright defeated incumbent

Ryan Sitton Ryan Christopher Sitton (born 1975) is an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party. He was a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 2015 to 2021. Personal life and education Sitton was raised in Irving, Texas with his thr ...

in a primary, then won the general election held on November 3, 2020, against Chrysta Castañeda.

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Living people Members of the Railroad Commission of Texas Texas Republicans Year of birth missing (living people) {{Texas-politician-stub