{"id":317406,"date":"2014-10-31T09:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=317406"},"modified":"2014-11-02T08:12:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T14:12:58","slug":"staples-steps-down-from-ag-commissioner-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=317406","title":{"rendered":"Staples Steps Down from Ag Commissioner Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/10\/thumb_toddstaples.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/10\/thumb_toddstaples.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_toddstaples\" width=\"134\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-317407\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN &#8212; When Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples decided to forgo a third term and run for lieutenant governor, he knew it was a gamble.  After he failed to win the Republican primary, his just-completed tour of duty became his final term.   Staples remarks, &#8220;When I was sworn in as agriculture commissioner for my second term in 2011, I knew the next few years would be a terrific ride, and it certainly has been.&#8221;  Staples left office Friday to become president of the Texas Oil and Gas Association.  Staples began his political career in his hometown of Palestine, serving as a state legislator before becoming ag commissioner in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN &#8212; When Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples decided to forgo a third term and run for lieutenant governor, he knew it was a gamble. After he failed to win the Republican primary, his just-completed tour of duty became his final term. Staples remarks, &#8220;When I was sworn in as agriculture commissioner for my second term &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=317406\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Staples Steps Down from Ag Commissioner Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-13 05:00:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317462,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317406\/revisions\/317462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}