Recognizing that local elections matter now more than ever, the Republican Party of Texas says it’s “doubling down” on helping conservatives win key city and school board elections that are nominally nonpartisan. “Unfortunately, too many Texans believe because...
Following the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing parents protesting school policies to “domestic terrorism,” multiple state school board associations withdrew their membership or their dues from the NSBA. However, the Texas Association of School...
Log Cabin Republicans recently hosted their annual Spirit of Lincoln Gala in Palm Beach, Florida, which was attended by numerous high-profile Republicans, including former President Donald Trump. During the event, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna...
As early voting continues in Texas’ constitutional election, Texans will be taking to the ballot box to vote on eight different proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. The propositions address a wide variety of issues from tax relief to visitation rights in...
Behind closed doors, some lawmakers are working to rush through legislation to change how the Republican Party of Texas operates. When filed, House Bill 1987 was an attempt to require that if an individual is an officer of a political party and they ran for public...
With just a few weeks left for Texas lawmakers to pass bills this session, conservative grassroots leaders say they expect the Republican-controlled Legislature to enact top-priority election integrity reforms but remain skeptical of whether legislators will deliver...
In an unexpected maneuver, the state lawmaker in charge of moving election integrity bills through the Texas House advanced the Legislature’s top-priority election reforms, breaking a weeks-long logjam. On Thursday, State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R–Deer Park), who chairs...
UPDATED March 20 to include upcoming committee hearing information. A bill to increase the penalty for election fraud crimes from a misdemeanor to a felony—an election integrity reform goal set by grassroots GOP activists—received a hearing in the Texas House...
As part of the Republican Party of Texas’ virtual convention this weekend, party delegates voted to declare eight legislative priorities for the next two years. Delegates were able to vote on 15 different priorities, as decided by the legislative priorities committee...
Update: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has since issued a stay against the ruling. In the latest turn of events in a tumultuous week for the Republican Party of Texas’ state convention, a federal judge has ruled that the party may go forward with an in-person...
The Republican Party of Texas’ convention is typically one of the world’s largest political events, with thousands of delegates from across the state volunteering to elect leaders and set the party’s direction every two years. And while the upcoming convention may...
In keeping with our effort to provide Texans with the information they need to be informed voters, Texas Scorecard made a questionnaire available to those running the State Republican Executive Committee. Consisting of one man and one woman from each of the state’s...
After Democrat Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner moved to cancel the upcoming Republican Party of Texas convention, citing public health concerns over the coronavirus, the party is fighting back, filing a lawsuit claiming a breach of contract over the cancellation and...
This article has been updated since its original publishing. The Democrat mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, says next week’s Republican Party of Texas convention is canceled, citing public health fears over the coronavirus. ???? I have asked Houston First to cancel...
One of the largest political gatherings in the world—the Republican Party of Texas’ state convention—could be pushed back due to concerns from the Wuhan coronavirus, according to Chairman James Dickey. On a conference call with Republicans across the state on Monday...
The race for who will lead the Republican Party of Texas has officially kicked off, as former congressman and military veteran Allen West announced he is officially exploring a run to chair the state GOP. West, a former one-term congressman from Florida who has teased...
Texas Republicans got a wake-up call in November 2018, and the state party chair is enlisting activists in at-risk regions to make sure they don’t go back to sleep. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey presented his “Red Alert Texas” strategy Monday night...
Republican Party of Texas platform committee members issued a sharp response to a recently penned opinion article by Ash Wright, a GOP politico and former George P. Bush advisor. In an open letter to Wright, 20 members wrote: “Texas Land Commissioner George P....
The last few months have been riddled with discussion, debate, and even some heated arguments pertaining to the issue of our Republican Party of Texas chairman receiving some sort of compensation for his service to the party. Providing the means for our chairman to...
Montgomery County Republican Chairman Wally Wilkerson, dubbed “King Wally” by Karl Rove, has escalated his defiance towards the Republican Party of Texas to a new level by refusing to comply with state law and RPT Rules at a recent hearing. The hearing was...
