I first met Ben Flores last fall, at his small pig farm on the outskirts of Bay City, a working-class town about half an hour north of Matagorda Bay. The cybersecurity consultant—who relocated his family from Austin during the COVID-19 pandemic to start Lord of the Pigs Ranch—was locked in a heated legal battle with his neighbor Kimberly Brown, who claimed his pigs were a public nuisance. Flores stood his ground, arguing that his organic farming methods prevented any unpleasant odors or ground contamination. (The civil lawsuit is ongoing.) In 2023, Bay City voters elected Flores to the city council. As a Democrat in an overwhelmingly Republican city, Flores clashed regularly with his fellow council members. Frustrated by his lack of influence, he considered running for…
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