As the hours go by, the devastating effects caused to our fellow Texans and Americans by Hurricane Harvey continue to pile up. Every minute there is a new report of flooding. The press is calling is "unprecedented flooding" and it may well be. Our heroic first responders are doing well what they can, but to rebuild and restore [...]
Plano Election Results Place 2 Anthony Ricciardelli - 52.96% Ann Bacchus - 47.04% Place 8 Rick Smith - 53.1% David L. Downs - 46.9% Allen Election Results Place 2 Carl Clemencich - 63.98% Tabassum "Munia" Ahmad - 36.02% McKinney Election Results At Large Charlie Phillips - 57.23% Derek V. Baker [...]
As the Chairman of the Collin County Republican Party, one of my jobs is to promote unity among the different “flavors” of Republicans. Because city council races are historically “non-partisan,” my neutrality stand has extended particularly to these races. However, as the Collin County Democrats have clearly put forward one of their own, Ann Bacchus, [...]
A version of the blog post originally appeared on Candy Noble's Blog Texas Republicans now have a new Chairman. At Saturday’s State Republican Executive Committee meeting James Dickey, former Travis County Republican Chairman, was elected as our new Chair. Two great candidates stepped up to run for Chair following Tom Mechler’s resignation two weeks ago. [...]
This post originally appeared on Candy Noble's blog As many of you have heard, Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler has stepped down as chair, effective immediately, as of Saturday. He named personal reasons in his letter of resignation (including the extensive amount of time away from his home in Amarillo as his motivation to [...]
A version of the blog post originally appeared on Candy Noble's Blog The Texas Republican Party leadership had a webinar tonight and I wanted to give you a quick update. The Texas GOP will be hosting a Campaign Management School in Austin July 19-21. Click here for more information and the application required to [...]
Collin College Trustee Election Trustee Place 1 Fred Moses - 61% Greg Gomel - 39% Trustee Place 2 Nancy Wurzman - 58% Jeri Landfair Chambers - 42% Trustee Place 3 Dr. Stacey Donald - 61% Larry Wainwright - 39% Collin College Bond Election For - 56% Against - 44% [...]
Last week, we published on our website the results of a survey conducted of Republican Precinct Chairs of their preferences in the city and school district races in Plano, Frisco, Allen and McKinney, as well as the County-wide race for Collin College Trustee and the Collin College Bond Issue. We have been criticized for [...]
A version of this blog appeared on Candy Noble's blog originally. On Wednesday & Thursday last week I was in Austin to meet with Legislators and state official staffers as the State Republican Executive Committee Legislative Committee hosted our Legislative day. We are blessed in Senate District 8 to have all Republicans representing us so [...]
One of my favorite songs has a chorus which begins "I am proud to be an American ...." As I listened to Donald Trump last night, I heard a person who is who sees a vision for America and its citizens where people have opportunity to grow, learn, develop, and prosper in freedom, happiness, and [...]
