Dawn Buckingham
What this job does: Runs the General Land Office, which manages state-owned land and the oil, gas and mineral money from it (much of it goes to public schools), the Alamo, coastal protection, home loans for veterans, and federal disaster-recovery money. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Texas Land Commissioner (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Eye surgeon (oculoplastic); land commissioner
Background
- Undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin; medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. source: texastribune.org
- Trained as a surgeon who reconstructs eyelids. source: texastribune.org
- Texas Senate, District 24, elected in 2016. source: texastribune.org
- Elected land commissioner in 2022; the first woman to lead the General Land Office. source: texastribune.org
In their own words
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- Explore geothermal, small nuclear reactors and natural gas plants on state lands source: texastribune.org
- Protect Texas's "energy dominance" source: texastribune.org
- Commit "all available GLO resources" to border enforcement (the Jocelyn Initiative) source: texastribune.org
- Be a "passionate steward of the Alamo" source: texastribune.org
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