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Carrillo served on the Railroad Commission until 2011, when his elective term ended. He was a candidate for re-nomination in the statewide Republican primary election on March 2, 2010, but he was handily defeated by newcomer David J. Porter, an accountant from Giddings in Lee County, who received 732,892 votes (60.7 percent) to Carrillo's 474,096 (39.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010.</ref> In the November 2, 2010, [[general election]], Porter then defeated the Democrat Jeff Weems, an oil-and-gas lawyer from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, March 2, 2010.</ref>
Carrillo served on the Railroad Commission until 2011, when his elective term ended. He was a candidate for re-nomination in the statewide Republican primary election on March 2, 2010, but he was handily defeated by newcomer David J. Porter, an accountant from Giddings in Lee County, who received 732,892 votes (60.7 percent) to Carrillo's 474,096 (39.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010.</ref> In the November 2, 2010, [[general election]], Porter then defeated the Democrat Jeff Weems, an oil-and-gas lawyer from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, March 2, 2010.</ref>
On his website as Railroad Commission chairman, Carrillo used the slogan "Promoting Texas Energy for All Texans," adding: "Texas is our nation’s premier energy producing state and the Texas energy sector plays a critical role in ensuring domestic energy security. At this critical stage in our nation’s energy security future, we must responsibly drill more in our own backyard to minimize foreign oil and gas imports."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090705225910/https://www.rrc.state.tx.us/commissioners/carrillo/ |title=Railroad Commission of Texas|publisher=itc.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 11, 2009}}</ref>
On his website as Railroad Commission chairman, Carrillo used the slogan "Promoting Texas Energy for All Texans," adding: "Texas is our nation’s premier energy producing state and the Texas energy sector plays a critical role in ensuring domestic energy security. At this critical stage in our nation’s energy security future, we must responsibly drill more in our own backyard to minimize foreign oil and gas imports."<ref>Railroad Commission of Texas, trc.state.tx.us, accessed October 11, 2009; no longer on-line.</ref>
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