Bo French
Republican
Bo French
Republican
Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner
About
Former Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party (2023-2025). Rancher and mineral owner with ongoing family involvement in the oil business. Managing Partner of French Capital Partners and NOCOM LLC.
Conservative Endorsements
Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“We need fighters in the Texas State Government, not more spineless career politicians.”
“We call it Sharia, but the problem is actually Islam…If they can infiltrate Texas and conquer Texas, then what’s going to happen? They’re going to be able to control the United States.”
“There are two kinds of people in America: Those who know the 2020 election was stolen and those who lie and say it wasn't.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities
Border Security & Immigration
- SUPPORTS DEPORTING ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS, H-1B holders, and “anchor babies,” plus an immigration moratorium and self-deportation measures. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTING E-VERIFY; denying services, benefits, and education to illegal immigrants; and related steps so most “self-deport.” Has linked this to lowering housing prices and preserving culture. [1, 2, 3]
- OPPOSES BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP for children of undocumented parents; calls for Texas nullification of related 2026 Supreme Court ruling. [1, 2, 3]
Secure Our Elections
- ADVOCATES FOR ENDING OR REFORMING THE COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE PROGRAM due to risks of complicated recounts, ballot secrecy violations, and reduced auditability. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- PROMOTED PAPER BALLOTS, hand-counting, voter ID, and precinct-level voting for party primaries as more secure and verifiable alternatives to machine/countywide systems as Tarrant County GOP Chair. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Education Issues
- SUPPORTS PARENTAL AUTHORITY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, free-market competition in education dollars, and display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Opposes Common Core curriculum. [1, 2, 3]
- CALLS FOR REMOVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ending DEI/gender “indoctrination,” cutting administrators, rewarding core-focused teachers, and restoring discipline. [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
- OPPOSES USING PUBLIC FUNDS, such as vouchers and Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), for Muslim schools or “enemies.” [1, 2, 3, 4]
Protect Childhood Innocence
- CRITICIZED THE APPROVAL OF A UNIVERSITY DRAG EVENT at Texas Christian University (TCU) “where men were allowed in girls’ bathrooms” while denying conservative/Christian requests and criticized an “all ages” LGBTQ show at a church. [1, 2, 3]
- CRITICIZED AN ART EXHIBIT FEATURING IMAGES OF NAKED CHILDREN at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth as “degeneracy” and a decline of moral standards and failure to protect children. [1, 2]
- POSTED THAT SEXUALIZING CHILDREN is part of a movement that must be stopped. [1, 2]
Gender Issues
- LED THE LOCAL EFFORT AGAINST ALLOWING BOYS IN GIRLS' BATHROOMS in Fort Worth ISD and testified for Senate Bill 6 (the 2017 “bathroom bill” requiring use based on biological sex on birth certificates). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- HAS REPEATEDLY STATED THERE IS "NO SUCH THING AS TRANS KIDS,” describing the concept as mental illness (of parents or adults) and opposing related medical pathways. [1, 2, 3]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
- OPPOSED TO CASINOS IN TEXAS, framing them as bringing crime, community deterioration, and addiction. Attacked casino-backed PAC spending in the Railroad Commission race, portraying it as tainted, out-of-state influence that undermines community interests. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
- OPPOSED TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. [1]
Protect Life
Islamification of Texas
National Security
Other Constitutional Issues
Bonus Issue - Property Tax Relief