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State representative Rosenthal’s win comes after national backlash to French’s social media remarks targeting south Asian AmericansJon Rosenthal has won a seat on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Texas</a> railroad commission, a powerful state regulatory agency, beating out two challengers including the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/texas-republican-controversial-social-media-posts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">controversial</a> Republican nominee Bo French whose campaign ignited a firestorm over his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/texas-republican-controversial-social-media-posts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">bigoted remarks</a>.Rosenthal, a Democrat, will join the three-member body that Democrats have been shut out of for decades. The state agency is charged with regulating Texas’s multibillion oil and gas industry, and has not had railroad oversight since 2005. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/jon-rosenthal-texas-railroad-commissioner" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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