{"id":34949,"date":"2014-03-04T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T04:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=34949"},"modified":"2014-03-04T23:10:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T05:10:44","slug":"primary-results-runoff-for-ag-commisioner-gets-kinky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2014\/03\/04\/primary-results-runoff-for-ag-commisioner-gets-kinky\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Results: Runoff for Ag Commisioner Gets Kinky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Mike Lee\/KUT<\/p>

"There's nothing in this world more serious than a comedian when he's telling the truth," Kinky Friedman says.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s possible that come November, voters will get to choose between a pro-weed Jewish troubadour and a\u00a0horse scandal-plagued businessman<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Ted Nugent as his treasurer<\/a>\u00a0in the race for Agriculture Commissioner.\u00a0Both primaries for Agriculture Commissioner are headed for a runoff on May 27.<\/p>\n

On the Democratic side, poll watchers were surprised to see Jim Hogan, a cattle rancher from Cleburne\u00a0who raised zero dollars for the race and spent few more, in the lead with 39 percent<\/a> (with 84 percent of precincts reporting). That’s despite having little to no profile in the race. (Many of the state’s Democratic heavyweights endorsed Hugh Fitzsimmons, who is placing a distant third.)<\/p>\n

Hogan will likely face Richard “Kinky” Friedman, who’s running on a platform of hemp and pot legalization, and who state Democrats had actively tried to stop from winning. Friedman wasn’t far behind Hogan, getting 38 percent of the vote (with 84 percent of precincts reporting). We\u00a0talked to Friedman about his plans to turn Texas “green”<\/a>\u00a0in February:<\/p>\n