Texas
March 19th, 2014
Instead of possibly going to prison for up to twenty years for filing false tax returns, Phillip Ballard now faces a certain twenty years in federal prison for attempting to hire a contract killer to target the judge hearing...
March 17th, 2014
Without action, Coastal bend homeowners stood to suffer the epitome of a "double whammy" through skyrocketing rate increases to our flood and windstorm insurance. Im working hard to ensure this doesnt happen.
March 13th, 2014
HOUSTON, TEXAS--Governor Rick Perry claimed another victory in the state to state competition for job growth by luring the Australian Queensland Government to open a North American Trade and Investment Office in Houston. In...
March 12th, 2014
The Democratic gubernatorial candidacy of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis has demonstrated a consistent stream of campaign mistakes and has reportedly led national Democrats to dispatch a former aide to Senate Majority...
March 10th, 2014
Two days after Texas Senator Glenn Hegar came within 200 votes of an outright victory in the Republican Primary race for Texas Comptroller, potential runoff candidate State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran conceded from the race.In a...
March 6th, 2014
It's no secret that March is the month for Texas. Starting with the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, the fall of the defenders of the Alamo on March 6, and one of my personal favorite times of the year: the...
March 5th, 2014
In a shocking display of cruelty, MSNBC’s Zachary Roth attacked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott in an article under the headline: "No One Pushes Greg Abbott Around." Abbott, who is in a wheelchair, is the Republican...
March 4th, 2014
Today, I had the privilege of meeting with some talented high school students in Lubbock. I visited Trinity Christian High School, where I presented senior Daniel Kale Wilsford with his appointment to the Military Academy...
March 4th, 2014
For many candidates in the 2014 Joint Primary today marks the end of a very long road. From a hotly challenges U.S. Senate race to the local party chair at the bottom of the ballot, many candidates’ journeys will come to an...
March 3rd, 2014
Many people have wondered how I came to the conclusion to personally support Senator Glenn Hegar for Texas Comptroller of Public accounts over the other candidates. The answer is simple. I have seen Glenn Hegar walk the walk...
March 18th, 2014
The following was sent in from the Republican Party of Texas:We hope that you are planning to join us in Fort Worth this summer for the Republican Party of Texas State Convention and Presidential Straw Poll.
March 14th, 2014
Last Wednesday, I participated in a Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation roundtable policy discussion on “How to Best Utilize FAA UAS Test Range Data”. The purpose of this roundtable was to review how the FAA can best...
March 13th, 2014
An unfortunate reality of the construction industry is that there are many instances of worker abuse. Much of this has been documented on Construction Citizen over the years. Terrible working conditions, worker...
March 10th, 2014
AUSTIN, TEXAS--Fourteen conservative Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives have sent a letter to State Rep. Dan Branch asking that he withdraw from the runoff election race for Texas Attorney General. The...
March 7th, 2014
Here is a message of “Hope” to my fellow Republicans who also lost their primary race on Tuesday.To all of my fellow Republican candidates who came up short on Election night, please let me add my words of encouragement to...
March 6th, 2014
DEL RIO, TEXAS – A business owner from the Texas/Mexico border town of Eagle Pass was sentenced this week to nearly four years in federal prison for his role in an bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme in Maverick County...
March 5th, 2014
Below down is a quick summary of the top results from the top races in Texas. In the races with more than two candidates, if one of the candidates did not get over 50% of the vote then there will be a runoff election with...
March 4th, 2014
Click here to watch the results come in as Texas Republican Primary voters head to the polls Tuesday, March 4th. There will be some hotly contested races all the way from the district level to the state level. Which...
March 4th, 2014
There was a remarkable event Monday morning at the headquarters of the Harris County Republican Party. It was a packed standing room only crowd expressing unity at a Republican press conference with a wide swath of Texans,...
March 3rd, 2014
I just read a lengthy list of long-winded resolutions, evidently sent out from Libertarians to their followers who are attending Republican Precinct Conventions. Here’s a bit of my response:RESOLVED, the legitimate purpose...
































