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Amanda Adamez's picture

Amanda Adamez is a conservative activist from Beeville, Texas. She graduated from AC Jones High School and received her undergraduate degree from the University in North Texas in Denton.

Amanda has served as Chairman of the UNT College Republicans, State Secretary, and State Chairman of the Texas College Republicans. In addition to her positions on the state level, she has also served...

    
Norman Adams's picture

Norman Adams is President of Adams Insurance Service, Inc., and a Certified Insurance Counselor ("CIC") and licensed Risk Manager. He has more than 45 years of experience in the insurance industry and is the second of three generations to operate Adams Insurance Service after his father, M.G. Adams...

    
Andy Adams's picture

Andy is Vice President and General Counsel for Adams Insurance Service and holds a J.D. from the University of Texas and a B.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, summa cum laude.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Andy likes to say that he has worked for Adams Insurance from birth! Andy joined the Adams team in his current capacity in...

    
Cathie Adams's picture

Cathie Adams currently serves as the “International Issues” chairman for Eagle Forum and on the board of the national Eagle Forum. She previously served five years as president of the Dallas Eagle Forum and 16 years as president of the Texas Eagle Forum, until being elected chairman of the Republican Party of Texas in 2009. She was named by Campaigns...

    
Adryana Aldeen's picture

For many years Adryana Aldeen has been a consultant on intergovernmental and public relations, networking, business marketing, Hispanic issues, and as an analyst, strategist and commentator on public policy and politics. 

Adryana has been listed as a Spanish-speaking expert at the top national...

    
Diego Hernan Armesto's picture

Diego Hernan Armesto is an experienced attorney, legislative advisor and published law professor from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Professional Background

► Argentine Chamber Of Deputies (House Of Representatives)
Legal Advisor 2007 / Current

► Professor (Graduate And Post Graduate Level)
Constitutional Law Professor (University Of Buenos Aires) 2007 / Current...

    
Jodey Arrington's picture

Jodey Arrington was raised in Plainview, Texas, the son of a tractor salesman and a schoolteacher. Jodey graduated from Texas Tech and his passion of public service took him to Austin, Texas where he worked for Governor George W. Bush. He was then tapped by President Bush to join the White House as a senior advisor before being appointed as Chief of Staff to the Federal Deposit Insurance...

    
Trey Bahm's picture

Trey Bahm is a native Texan and lifelong Republican activist. A graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, he has been involved at all levels of activism and government. From 1998-2005, Trey worked on Capitol Hill for U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), as well as a stint for Senator Phil Gramm during 2001. After founding his own consulting business in North Texas, Trey served as the...

    
Brad Bailey's picture

Brad is a proud native of Nassau Bay, Texas. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in 1992 and then attended and graduated from Kilgore College (1994) and University of Mississippi (1997) majoring in Marketing and Finance.

From 2000 to 2011, Brad was the Vice President of Operations for three of the Bailey family-owned Houston area seafood restaurants: Sudie’s Catfish & Seafood...

    
David Bellow's picture

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Michael "David" Bellow Jr. is an Army National Guardsman and a State Republican Executive Committeeman (the opinions on this blog do not reflect the official opinion of the National Guard or the Texas GOP). He was born in Beaumont, TX and was raised, and currently lives, in Lumberton, Texas (Hardin County...

    
Larry Bethune's picture
The Rev. Dr. Larry Bethune has been Senior Pastor at the University Baptist Church in Austin since 1987. He is also the Immediate past President of the American Baptist Churches of the South and former president of its Ministers Council. Raised in the Houston area, he earned a B.A. in Greek and Religion from Baylor University, M.Div. in communication and teaching from Princeton Theological...
    
Paul Bettencourt's picture

First elected to the Senate in 2014, Senator Paul Bettencourt represents Senate District 7, which encompasses most of West Harris County. He previously served 10 years, from 1998 - 2008, as the Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, where he introduced “Smart Government” at the Harris County Tax Office and developed a customer service-driven organization. His team created the first major county...

    
Theresa Blake's picture

Theresa Blake is a mom to four children under the age of 10. She has been married for 10 years this September. For her undergraduate education, she went to the University of North Texas and is currently a law student at Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth. Theresa Blake has been active in politics since 2008, working for the Denton County Republican Party as precinct chair and volunteer...

    
Luke Bowen's picture

Luke Bowen is the Research Administrator at the Texas Patriots PAC. He graduated from Wheaton College (Illinois) with a B.A. in Political Science in 2011, as well as a minor in English. Albeit a native Texan, he spent much of his childhood in Ecuador and Alaska, before finally making it back to Texas after spending his college years in Barack...

    
Scott Braddock's picture

Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin, Texas.

He covers the Texas Legislature and politics in the Lone Star State by working with Austin legend Harvey Kronberg to produce the most successful political newsletter in Texas: The...

    
Kevin Brady's picture

Kevin Brady is a pro-family, pro-small business conservative representing the 8th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kevin is Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - - considered by many to be the most powerful committee in Congress with jurisdiction over taxes, health care, Social Security, Medicare, international trade and welfare.

In 2017, Kevin...

    
Annette Burrhus-Clay's picture

Annette Burrhus-Clay is starting her 21st year with the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA), and has served as Executive Director since January 2002. She has over 35 years experience working in the sexual assault and domestic violence fields as a service provider, trainer, and administrator in Texas and California. As Executive Director she provides leadership and oversight of the...

    
Rudy Cajka's picture

Rudy Cajka is political activist and historian currently residing in Texas. He is an active member of the Denton County Republican Party and has written numerous articles on political and conservative topics for many years. He is a free market conservative and he devotes considerable time analyzing elections and current events.

Rudy Cajka also...

    
Kristin Christ's picture
Kristin Christ is active in Republican politics in Montgomery County, Texas, where she and her husband reside with their 3 children. Kristin currently serves as 1st Vice President of the Magnolia Area Republican Women and is the Past Public Relations Chair of Montgomery County Young Republicans.
    
Byron Cook's picture

Byron Cook was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2002 and is privileged to represent the hard-working citizens of House District 8, which includes Anderson, Freestone, Hill and Navarro counties.

At the beginning of the 85th Legislative Session, Representative Cook was re-appointed chair of the House Committee on State Affairs for the third time. The committee has a...

    
John Cornyn's picture

In 2014, Texans overwhelmingly re-elected Senator John Cornyn to represent them for a third term in the U.S. Senate.

Since he was first elected in 2002, Sen. Cornyn has earned a national reputation as an articulate and powerful voice for Texas and conservative values in Washington. Sen. Cornyn, a San Antonio native, strongly believes that we need more Texas solutions in Washington,...

    
Dan Crenshaw's picture

Originally from the Houston area, Rep. Dan Crenshaw is a proud 6th generation Texan. From an early age, Dan knew that he wanted to serve his country with the most elite fighting force in history: the U.S. Navy SEALs. His father’s career in the Texas oil and gas industry moved his family all over the world, including Ecuador and Colombia, where he attended high school. As a result, Dan is...

    
Ted Cruz's picture

In 2012, Ted Cruz was elected as the 34th U.S. Senator from Texas. A passionate fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution, Ted won a decisive victory in both the Republican primary and the general election, despite having never before been elected to office.

Propelled by tens of thousands of grassroots activists across Texas, Ted’s election has been described...

    
John Culberson's picture

As a fiscally conservative “Jeffersonian Republican,” Congressman John Culberson is committed to Thomas Jefferson’s vision of limited government, individual liberty, and states’ rights. Simply put, John Culberson believes in “Letting Texans Run Texas.”

John Culberson was elected in 2000 to represent the 7th District, a seat formerly held by President George H. W. Bush and House Ways and...

    
Brandon Darby's picture

Brandon Michael Darby is an activist who rose to international recognition for his role in co-founding and directing the Common Ground Relief organization in New Orleans’ 9th Ward in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Though once a prominent radical who worked with former Black Panther Party members, Palestinian and various other radical groups, his experiences led him to have a deep love...

    
Kira Davis's picture

Kira Davis is an actress, writer, blogger and talker. She is also a mother, wife, proud American and black conservative who is concerned about the nation’s shift away from traditional American values and Constitutional principles. Check out her site, kiradavis.net, which is a site dedicated to arguing and defending conservative values and principle in...

    
Monica De La Cruz's picture

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz is the first Latina and first Republican to represent the 15th Congressional District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives. In Congress, Monica is fighting to keep the American Dream alive for the next generation of Texans. She is a champion for border security, an economy that works for American families, and improving healthcare access for...

    
Richard Dillon's picture

Richard Dillon is a long time conservative Republican activist. Raised in Indiana and Ohio, he arrived in Houston 40 years ago to attend Gulf Coast Bible College in the Heights area.

Richard is currently employed as a computer engineer for a fortune 100 company, and has been a poll watcher an d precinct chair for the last 15 years....

    
Tom Donelson's picture

Thomas Donelson is the chairman of Americas PAC, a PAC that specializes in expanding the free market conservative coalition by spreading the message to demographics that rarely vote conservative, including Hispanics and African-Americans....

    
Jake Ellzey's picture

First elected to Congress in 2021, Congressman Jake Ellzey proudly represents Texas' 6th congressional district which spans from the Rangers Ballpark in Tarrant County to the booming suburbs of Ellis and Navarro Counties. Ellzey, a native Texan, lives with his wife Shelby and their two children on a ten-acre ranch in Ellis County, where they have spent the last decade.

At the age of...

    
Pat Fallon's picture

Congressman Pat Fallon has represented North Texans in the Texas Legislature since 2013 and proudly serves today as the Congressman for Texas’ Fourth Congressional District, where he serves over 700,000 great American “bosses”.

The Fourth Congressional district encompasses the 18 counties across Northeast Texas, including all or part of the counties of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin...

    
Blake Farenthold's picture

Born and raised in Corpus Christi, TX, Blake Farenthold is a sixth generation Texan. He served the 27th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congressman Farenthold worked towards a smaller, more accountable and transparent government through his service as a committee member on the House Oversight Committee where he was instrumental in investigations...

    
Susan Fletcher's picture

Susan Fletcher was born in Sherman, Texas and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design / Industrial Technology from the University of North Texas in 1989. Prior to her involvement in the political realm, Susan worked for Sunbelt Savings / Bank of America as a Commercial Interior Space Planner, later working freelance as an independent contractor in the commercial construction...

    
Bill Flores's picture

Bill Flores is a ninth generation Texan, raised in Stratford, a small town in the Texas Panhandle. He serves the 17th Congressional District of Texas.

While growing up in this agricultural community, he learned the value of hard work, starting at age nine by working cattle with his Dad, followed by having his own paper routes, and working six...

    
Charles Foster's picture

Charles C. Foster is Founder and Chairman of Foster U.S. & Global Immigration Services LLP. He is also the honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Thailand.  A native of Galveston, Mr. Foster received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Texas and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law.  Mr. Foster serves as a...

    
Charles Frantes's picture

Often referring to himself as a “conservative millennial,” Charles Frantes is Pro-Life, a supporter of limited government, and interested in researching a solution to our broken immigration system. Charles graduated from The University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations focused on Political Economics and a minor in Latin American Studies. He also...

    
John V. Garza's picture

John Vincent Garza is the Representative for Texas State District 117.

John V. Garza was born on March 13th, 1955 in Herlong, California and raised by parents, retired USAF S/SGT Arthur and Maria D. Garza, who traveled extensively and globally in his early years before finally settling back to their Westside San...

    
Debbie Georgatos's picture

Debbie Georgatos has lived in Dallas since 2000, and before that in Washington DC, New York, and San Diego. She is a campaign consultant for conservatives, former litigation attorney and Republican Party activist. She began her legal career representing large businesses and small business owners in employment-related litigation in a major Southern California law firm. She has served as...

    
Louie Gohmert's picture

Serving his eighth term in the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Louie Gohmert was first sworn in on January 4, 2005. He proudly represents the First District of Texas which encompasses more than 12 counties stretching nearly 120 miles down the state's eastern border with Louisiana.

As the recipient of numerous awards such as Endowment for Middle East Truth's "Speaker...

    
Tony Gonzales's picture

Congressman Tony Gonzales is a dedicated patriot with twenty years of military experience. Abandoned by his father at the age of two months, Tony knew he had to work hard to get ahead in life. At the age of 18, he left high school to join the military and provide a path to success for himself and his family.

As a career cryptologist in the United States Navy, he rose to the...

    
Lance Gooden's picture

First elected in 2018, Congressman Lance Gooden represents Texas’ 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 5th District stretches from Dallas County to Cherokee, Henderson, Kaufman, Anderson, Van Zandt and Wood Counties.

In the 117th Congress, Congressman Gooden is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services. Prior to joining the U.S. House of Representatives,...

    
Kay Granger's picture

A leader in national defense and global security, Kay Granger serves and fights for the 12th congressional district of Texas. Elected to her 12th term in 2018 by an overwhelming margin, Kay has earned her reputation in Congress as a hard-working, tough and principled leader on the issues that matter most to the people she serves. Her legislative prowess and ability to get things done, widely...

    
Barbara Harless's picture

Barbara is a 4th generation Dallas-site, retired security trader, married 36 years to the father of their successful adult children, and concerned about the future of America. She began studying the U.S. Constitution in the summer of 2008, to find where Congress has been granted the authority to take public money (taxes) and bailout a private company (AIG).  She realized that most of what...

    
Sonja Harris's picture

Sonja Harris is a native Texan and established photographer of over thirty years. Her images were featured in the ART AND EMBASSIES where the photographs were displayed in Lomé, Africa.  https://art.state....

    
Kelly Horsley's picture

Kelly Horsley is a native Houstonian, a wife and stay at home mom to three boys, which she home schools. She firmly believes in the vision that our founding fathers had for our freedoms when they wrote the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. She dove head first into politics when she saw that these documents were being ignored with the first of the bailouts in 2008 and the...

    
Steven Hotze's picture

With a goal to help individuals achieve optimal health and lifelong wellness through the natural treatment of food and airborne allergies and yeast sensitivity, as well as balancing the thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones, Dr. Hotze believes in evaluating an individual’s symptoms and then treating their underlying causes naturally...

    
Wesley Hunt's picture

Wesley Hunt was born and raised in Houston, TX in a military family and is a proud alumnus of St. John’s School. Upon graduation from St. John’s, Wesley accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

In 2004, he received his commission in the U.S. Army and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Leadership and Management with a Field of Study in...

    
Will Hurd's picture

Will Hurd is a Republican representing the 23rd Congressional District of Texas.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Will is a proud product of the Texas public school system. He attended John Marshall High School and Texas A&M University, where he majored in Computer Science and served as Student Body President...

    
Kevin Jackson's picture

“What you learn about America is people are a lot less interested in race than they are in character.” – Kevin Jackson, author, political commentator, and talk radio host.

Kevin Jackson, father of four sons, is a political commentator, author, and talk radio host who some consider an unlikely success story.

He is a former management consultant whose clients have included...

    
Ronny Jackson's picture

Doctor Ronny Jackson is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He retired from the military on December 1st, 2019, after 25 years of Active Duty service to his country. His last duty assignment was at the White House, where he served as Assistant to the President and as the appointed Chief Medical Advisor to President Donald J. Trump.

Born and raised in a hardworking...

    
Sam Johnson's picture

Sam Johnson served the 3rd Congressional District of Texas from 1991 to 2019.

Sam Johnson, a decorated war hero and native Texan, ranks among the few Members of Congress to fight in combat.  During his 29-year career in the U.S. Air Force, Representative Johnson flew combat missions in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.  He endured nearly seven years as a Prisoner of War in Hanoi,...

    
Theresa Kosmoski's picture

Theresa Kosmoski is a long-time Republican activist, former elected official and long time member of Texas Federation for Republican Women (TFRW) and her local republican women’s clubs. She is currently serving as President of TFRW. She has been an officer on the Greater Houston Council of Republican Women, on various county-wide boards, for the Harris County Republican party, served the...

    
Yvette LaCroix's picture
Yvette LaCroix was born and raised in the Midwest, graduating from the Krannert School of Business at Purdue University before relocating to Texas. She obtained her MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington and has almost 25 years of experience in marketing, product management and operations. She retired in 2016 from her Director of Project Management position after an exciting 10-year career...
    
Sally Larrabee's picture

Sally Larrabee, a Republican voter, is HR and Safety Director of Process Control Outlet, an industrial engineering and process control repair service company serving the oil & gas industry, based in Baytown, Texas.

Larrabee was awarded Top Female Executive in 2016. She has a Master of Arts in Health Sciences and a PhD in Managerial Science....

    
Bill Lawson's picture

Bill Lawson has written numerous “letters to the editor” to his local newspapers. He has strong conservative views on many subjects. Bill Lawson resided in Denton, Texas for 13 years, having just moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina. He graduated from Seacrest H.S. in Delray Beach, FL in 1964. He attended Broward Community College Ft Lauderdale, FL from 1964- 1966 and graduated from...

    
John Lawson's picture

Bishop John Lawson is the Pastor of Children of God Ministry in Dallas,Texas.

Bishop Lawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. By the time he reached the age of 15, both of his parents were deceased, but that did not stop him. He went on to graduate from high school and later obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree. Shortly after, he met his Mentor and spent 17 years working and learning from...

    
Jay Leeson's picture

Jay Leeson is a Lubbock businessman and co-host of the West Texas Drive talk radio program on KRFE AM 580. He thinks, talks and writes a lot about his native West Texas, and he’s quick boast that his regional lineage stretches back seven generations to Methodist Circuit Riders below the Caprock. One can also find Leeson bricks from descendants’...

    
Morgan Luttrell's picture

Congressman Morgan Luttrell is currently serving his first term representing Texas' 8th Congressional District. Texas’ 8th District encompasses parts of Montgomery, Walker, Harris, and all of San Jacinto and Polk counties. He serves on three Committees in Congress: House Armed Services Committee, Committee on Homeland Security, and Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Additionally, Congressman...

    
Duke Machado's picture

Duke Machado is a six year U.S. Air Force Veteran, 20 year Automotive Executive and a Republican grassroots activist. Duke is Founder and Director of GOPisForMe, an Hispanic Outreach initiative and Auxiliary of the Republican Party of Texas.

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Michael McCaul's picture

Congressman Michael T. McCaul is currently serving his seventh term representing Texas' 10th District in the United States Congress. The 10th Congressional District of Texas stretches from Austin to the Houston suburbs, and includes Austin, Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Harris, Lee, Travis, Washington and Waller Counties.

Homeland Security...

    
Debra Medina's picture

As a candidate in the Republican Primary for governor, Debra Medina captured the attention and affection of Texans. She has dedicated a considerable amount of her adult life to the pursuit of public policy that promotes limited government and the protection of the freedoms and prosperity envisioned by our nation's founders.

Debra continues to give voice to the freedom movement as she...

    
Doug Miller's picture

Doug Miller is a lifelong politico having volunteered on his first campaign when he was 18 years old for President Ronald Reagan in 1984. He lives in Keller, TX with his wife Shannon and his youngest daughter Reagan, who is named after President Reagan.

Doug has always been very active in local politics and has served as a City Councilman for two terms in Hickory Creek and one term in...

    
Jacob Monty's picture

Jacob M. Monty is the founding and managing partner of Monty & Ramirez LLP and is Board Certified in Labor and Employment by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. His distinguished career involves the representation of employers in litigation matters in Texas and California, and his expertise in handling labor issues in Hispanic workforces. He...

    
Tim Moore's picture
Pastor Tim Moore was elected as Senior Pastor for First Leander November 17, 2019 and is excited about God leading and growing the church to the historical flagship status of its seventy-nine year history. With a love for people and a heart for evangelism and passion about sharing Christ with the world, he believes that every person of every race everywhere possesses full dignity and is worthy of...
    
Nathaniel Moran's picture

Nathaniel Moran became a Texan just a few months before he turned two years old when his parents moved to rural East Texas with other families of faith to help start a small Bible College in southern Smith County.  His formative years were spent growing up in a single-wide trailer home on that Bible College campus, where he learned from his parents the values of hard work, service to others,...

    
Jan Morgan's picture

Jan is an Associated Press Award Winning Veteran television investigative journalist, now turned citizen activist for the Conservative Movement. Her Conservative voice has generated a following of over 350,000 friends and subscribers on her website and three Facebook pages, “Jan Morgan,” “Jan Morgan Media,” and “Jan On America,” which led to her being selected the first Facebook Conservative...

    
Richard Morgan's picture

Richard Morgan is the Chairman of the Texas Young Republican Federation, the only official Republican Party of Texas auxiliary with a primary focus on the 18-40 age demographic. He also serves as Technology Director for the Dallas County Republican Party and occasionally as a guest blogger for TexasGOPVote.

In addition to his political...

    
Jason Mrochek's picture

Jason Mrochek is the founder and Executive Director of the Patriot Coalition and co-founder and Executive Director of the Federal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Coalition, aka FIRE Coalition.

Jason is a veteran of the United States Army and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point holding a Bachelor of Science...

    
Artemio Muniz's picture

Artemio "Temo" Muniz currently serves as the chairman of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans, an auxiliary of the Republican Party of Texas. In 2008, Muniz initiated the now defunct "Conservador Alliance" which focused on building conservative networks within the community and reconnecting traditional social institutions. Featured on NPR, Univision, Univision Radio, Huffington Post, The...

    
Adrian Murray's picture

Adrian Murray is the president of Painless Performance Products, a Fort Worth based manufacturer of wiring and electrical systems for the hot rod and classic car restoration market. His company has received numerous awards including Manufacturer of the Year in 2002 and 2009 by an industry trade association and named Fort Worth Small Business of the Year in 2006. He serves on the Executive...

    
Kyle Nayfa's picture
Kyle Nayfa is a long-time Denton resident and a recent “Best of Denton” winner for his work as a financial advisor. He is originally from Sweetwater, TX.
    
Troy Nehls's picture

Congressman Troy Nehls proudly represents the 22nd Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Texas’ 22nd Congressional District includes portions of Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Harris counties. Prior to his election to Congress, Troy served our district for nearly 30 years in law enforcement and served our country 21 years in the US Army Reserve.

At the...

    
Ron Nehring's picture
Ron Nehring is a veteran conservative leader who served until just recently as the Chairman of the California Republican Party, responsible for the direction and management of the largest state Republican Party in the nation. The acuity and focus he brings to this role is the result of over twenty years of domestic and foreign policy and political experience serving public policy, political, non...
    
Randy Neugebauer's picture

Congressman Randy Neugebauer proudly represented the 19th Congressional District of Texas, which stretches across 27 counties and includes the cities of Abilene, Big Spring, and Lubbock, from 2003 to 2017.

As one of the most conservative Members of Congress, Randy advocated for fiscal discipline, limited government, a strong national defense, and the preservation of traditional Texas...

    
Dan Newhouse's picture

Representative Dan Newhouse is a lifelong resident of Central Washington and is honored to represent the 4th District in Congress. A third-generation Yakima Valley farmer, Dan brings real-world experience to Congress as a businessman and former state legislator ready to work hard in support of conservative solutions that encourage job creation and economic opportunity in Central Washington....

    
Alex Nowrasteh's picture

Alex Nowrasteh is the immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. Previously he was the immigration policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Huffington Post,...

    
Beverly Nuckols's picture

Beverly B. Nuckols, MD is Board Certified in Family Medicine and passed her American Board of Family Practice certification exam for the third time in July 2007. She graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Medical School (1990) and Family Practice Residency (1993), and earned a Masters of Arts in Bioethics from Trinity International University in Deerfield,...

    
Joey Olivo's picture

Joey is a staunch Conservative Republican. He traces his roots back to the West Texas oil fields. After what was known as the west Texas Oil Glut when the oil business took a downturn, his family relocated to Carrollton, Texas and then later to Garland, Texas.

He graduated from North Garland High School in 2001. Immediately after graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy. Upon...

    
Jerry Patterson's picture

On November 15, 1946, Jerry Patterson was born in Houston, Texas. He attended Houston public schools and graduated from Jesse H. Jones High School in 1965. In college at Texas A&M, Jerry lettered in swimming and was a member of the Corps of Cadets. As a history major, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, Class of 1969. Upon graduation, Jerry was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the...

    
Tom Pauken's picture

Tom Pauken was the Commissioner Representing Employers for the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), where he served since being appointed by Governor Rick Perry in March 2008 until April 30, 2012.

He brings decades of public service experience to TWC, having held numerous leadership positions.

In 2007, he served as Chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Appraisal Reform. He served...

    
Larry Perrault's picture

Larry Perrault has been politically active all of his life, writing about politics, philosophy, and theology online since 1995. He blogged through the 2007-'08 primary election campaign season and continued blogging after the primaries supporting Senator John McCain.

Larry has worked as a pro-life activist with Houston's two largest pro-life organizations, but he bridles at being...

    
Dr. Ray Perryman's picture

Dr. Ray Perryman is President and CEO of The Perryman Group, an economic research and analysis firm based in Waco, Texas.

He holds a BS in Mathematics from Baylor University and a PhD in Economics from Rice University. He always felt that the BS would have been somehow more appropriate for Economics and has spent his life proving it. He took...

    
August Pfluger's picture
Serving his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman August Pfluger represents 29 counties in Texas’ 11th congressional district, including the cities of San Angelo, Llano, Brownwood, Granbury, Midland, Odessa, and much of the Permian Basin—the top-oil and gas producing region in the Nation. A seventh-generation Texan, Congressman Pfluger grew up in San Angelo and graduated...
    
Ted Poe's picture

As a 6th generation Texan, Congressman Ted Poe learned very early on the meaning of “God and Texas.” Born and raised in Texas, his grandmother instilled in him a love for Texas, faith, public service and conservative principles. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 to represent the Second Congressional District of Texas, Congressman Poe brings his no nonsense style to...

    
Joe Pojman's picture

Joe Pojman, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, an independent, nonpartisan, nonsectarian, pro-life organization whose goals are to protect innocent human life from conception through natural death through peaceful, legal means.

He has served as the executive director for 16 years. He is frequently...

    
Gary Polland's picture

Gary Polland has been a practicing attorney for more than 30 years. His practice is a mix of government relations for Texas Strategies and trial work where he is Board Certified in Civil Trial law. Gary has a distinguished record of obtaining favorable results for his clients. Most recently he was honored by his selection in Texas Justice, a recent book about outstanding Texas lawyers and...

    
Bob Price's picture

Bob Price is a political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is an expert about issues related to border security and illegal immigration and has expanded to cover stories of local, state and national interest from a Conservative Texas Perspective. He also volunteers with US Border Watch, a civilian volunteer border security organization, as Communications Director. He has been with...

    
Mark Ramsey's picture

Mark S. Ramsey, P.E., is a registered professional engineer with over 40 years of multi-disciplined research, drilling operations engineering, and adult education experience, primarily in the oil and gas drilling industry. He was a founding member of the Technical Advisory Board of Cabot Specialty Fluids. He has chaired technical sessions for the SPE, IADC, and OTC. He has served on the ...

    
Kim Rogers's picture
Kim was called as Associate Pastor at Central in mid-2013. She is a graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where she received a Master of Divinity degree as well as the Crawley Fellowship and the Pile-Morgan Fellowship. Before attending seminary, Kim worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor with at-risk youth and their families.
    
Manny Rosales's picture

Manuel “Manny “A Rosales is the CEO of Verissimo Global, a full range of information technology and communication solutions for today’s commercial and government sectors.

Mr. Rosales serves as the National Chair of the Latino National Republican Coalition, a grass roots Hispanic conservative organization with Chapters throughout the United States.

Mr. Rosales was elected to the...

    
Chip Roy's picture

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is a former federal prosecutor and top advisor to many prominent Texas elected officials. He previously served as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), staff director of Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) leadership office and senior counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In Texas, Roy was the First Assistant Attorney General under Ken Paxton and served as a senior advisor to...

    
María Elvira Salazar's picture

Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar proudly represents Florida’s 27th Congressional District, passionately serving the people of South Florida. She currently serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as the House Committee on Small Business.

Congresswoman Salazar is committed to acting tirelessly in defense of individual rights and liberties, spearheading economic...

    
Orlando Sanchez's picture

Orlando Sanchez is an American politician, elected three times as Treasurer of Harris County, Texas 2006, 2010, and 2014.

A naturalized citizen, Sanchez has made political history as the first Latino immigrant to be elected to a citywide position in Houston, when he won the at-large seat on the city council, to which he was twice re-elected in consecutive terms, serving 1995-2001. In...

    
Kyle Scott's picture

Kyle Scott, PhD, MBA is a proven conservative and taxpayer advocate. Scott has been a successful entrepreneur and educator. He lives with his wife, Bethany, and two teenage children in Spring, TX. They are longtime members of Trinity Lutheran Church and Kyle serves on the Board of Trustees of Concordia Lutheran High School. Kyle was elected to the Board of Trustees of Lone Star College in 2013...

    
Keith Self's picture

Keith Self was born in a military hospital during his father’s service in the United States Army and was raised in Texas. After graduation from High School in Amarillo, he accepted an appointment to The United States Military Academy at West Point, where he began a 25-year career of service to our country.

Keith’s Army tours included Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader, Airborne Infantry...

    
Pete Sessions's picture

A conservative community leader, United States Congressman Pete Sessions has combined hard work, innovative thinking, and common-sense principles to build a successful congressional career.

Congressman Sessions was born on March 22, 1955 and grew up in Waco, Texas. He graduated from Southwestern University in 1978 and went on to work for then-Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 16...

    
Kimberly Shappley's picture
Kimberly Shappley is a Christian Conservative lifelong Republican Houston area mom and the mother of a transgender girl Kai. She is the mother of five children and is a lactation consultant who will be graduating nursing school in May.
    
Lamar Smith's picture

Lamar Smith represented the 21st Congressional District of Texas from 1987-2019.

He serves as Chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The...

    
Nelson Spear's picture

Nelson Spear holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from S.M.U. and a law degree from Washburn University School of Law. His career includes twelve years as a prosecuting attorney and serving as a full-time Commissioner on the New Mexico Gaming Control Board. Currently, Nelson co-manages a family owned oil and gas business with his brother.

Nelson Spear is a Christian,...

    
Joe Speelman's picture

Joseph F. Speelman is a native Kansan, born and raised in Dodge City, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1974. He served over four years in the US Air Force as a line officer and then a Judge Advocate. He later retired as a reservist in the grade of full Colonel.

Joe served over 33 years as an in house counsel in the energy and petrochemical industry....

    
Shirley Spellerberg's picture

Shirley Spellerberg was born and educated in Waco, Texas. Shirley married her late husband, USAF pilot Herman R. Spellerberg, while he was on leave from PanAm Airlines. When Herman returned from his tour of duty in Korea and returned to PanAm, he and Shirley resided in Pasadena, where they lived for 7 years. Herman was transferred to Miami Florida where they resided for several years.

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Todd Staples's picture

Todd Staples is the 11th Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. Commissioner Staples believes the free enterprise system and individual responsibility are the keys to prosperity for Texas.

From his earliest days of public service as a member of the Palestine city council through his tenures in the Texas House of Representatives and later the Texas Senate, Commissioner Staples has...

    
Oz Sultan's picture
Mr. Sultan is a Conservative Media Expert who has worked with the Economist, various Startups and a number of Fortune 1000 brands over the past decade. He is also a Conservative Muslim Pundit who is actively working to support domestic policy and Anti-Radicalization within American Muslim communities.
    
Danielle Trevino's picture

Danielle Chavez is a political communications professional. She is a recent graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Master of Mass Communication. Her primary skillset includes content writing, social media management and strategic planning. 

Danielle has extensive experience in...

    
Fernando Trevino's picture

Fernando Trevino Jr. is the Deputy Executive Director of Hispanic Republicans of Texas. Fernando graduated from George H. W. Bush School’s Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Born in Del Rio, Texas, Fernando later moved to Brownsville, Texas where he graduated from the Hanna High School Technology & Medicine...

    
Ronald Trowbridge's picture

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Ronald L. Trowbridge was director of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States Information Agency, directing the Fulbright Program. His position required U. S. Senate confirmation. Later he became chief of staff for U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, publishing a book on the Chief Justice.

Trowbridge holds a Ph.D. in...

    
Mike Turner's picture

Congressman Mike Turner is a lifelong resident of Southwest Ohio.

His father worked in the manufacturing industry in Dayton for over 40 years, and his mother taught elementary school in the Huber Heights School District. His parents are residents of Greene County. Congressman Turner is married to Majida Turner and is the proud father of two daughters, Carolyn and Jessica Turner.

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Beth Van Duyne's picture

Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne proudly represents the 24th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes portions of Tarrant, Denton, and Dallas counties. Prior to being elected to Congress, Beth served as Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Mayor of Irving, Irving City Council Member, and a businesswoman...

    
Phil Vasile's picture

I am very happy to say that I have been a resident of Texas since 2009. Having lived in California for decades, it finally became impossible to live with a ‘runaway government’ taxing its residents into poverty. My objective now is to help insure that Texas does not become like California – deep blue!

After years of night school I graduated from California State College with a Master...

    
Linda Vega's picture

Linda Vega is a native of Texas. Born in Weslaco, Texas, she is the youngest of nine siblings. She was graduated from the University of Texas in Austin and the George Washington Law School in D.C., with a full scholarship from both establishments. She previously worked at The Department of Labor, and is currently in private practice at THE VEGA LAW FIRM. Her areas of expertise are in...

    
Jason Villalba's picture

On January 8th, 2013, Jason Villalba took the oath of office to serve as the Texas State Representative for House District 114, which he served through 2018. He was appointed to serve on the Business and Industry and Environmental Regulation Committees during his first full term. When the first special session was announced, Rep. Villalba was appointed to the Select Committee on Redistricting...

    
Randy Weber's picture

Congressman Randy Weber is a public servant, proven conservative, former small business owner, and third-generation Texan representing the 14th District of Texas.

In Congress, he serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has the broadest jurisdiction of any legislative committee in Congress. Weber also serves on the Science Space and Technology.

For over 68 years...

    
Thomas Woods's picture

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his master’s, M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is the author of eleven books, most recently including...

    
Kyleen Wright's picture

Kyleen Wright is the President of Texans For Life Coalition. Kyleen has been working since her teenage years to protect innocent human life. With a business background in marketing and law, she served ably as President of Greater Tarrant Right to Life beginning in 1987. As Vice President of Texans United for Life from 1994 to 2000, Kyleen worked as a chief...

    
 

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