Voice of the Conservative Vote: Carolyn Hodges

Carolyn Hodges is currently the President of the Texas Federation of Republican Women and a member of the National Federation of Republican Women Board of Directors. In 2012, she was elected a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL and later served as an At-Large Presidential Elector at the meeting of the Texas Electoral College in December, 2012.

Carolyn is a past President of the Greater Houston Council of Federated Republican Women. She is a member of Village Republican Women where she has served as president. Carolyn was selected as one of “10 Outstanding” Republican Women in Texas at the 2009 TFRW Convention in Galveston.

p>She has been a “Tribute to Women” honoree twice. She has organized and led several major TFRW and Republican trips to Washington, D.C. including two congressional swearing-in ceremonies. She has been a delegate to TFRW Conventions since 1999 and NFRW Conventions on three occasions.

Working tirelessly on many Republican campaigns, she has been involved in politics since her teenage years.

Carolyn has volunteered at her precinct, and others, for many years on Election Day serving in all capacities from poll watcher to Election Judge. She has attended every Senatorial District Convention since 1994 and seven Republican Party of Texas Conventions.

Originally from Paris, Texas, she received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Science degree from the University of Houston. She taught Texas History and U.S. History/Government for many years at Memorial Middle School, Spring Branch ISD, where she also served as Social Studies Department Chairman. She has an intense love of history and has enjoyed sharing and enhancing that knowledge with her students and friends. During her teaching career, she was honored in 1985 with the Elizabeth Brand Teacher Excellence Award for Distinguished Service which was given to only one teacher in the Spring Branch ISD. Following her teaching career, she worked part-time in the offices of Congressmen Bill Archer and John Culberson.

Her charitable work has included PBS, programs through Chapelwood United Methodist Church, March of Dimes, and Golden Retriever Rescue of Houston.

Carolyn, who resides in Houston, Texas, is married to Tom Hodges, the CEO of Hodges Southwest, Inc., a Texas corporation, which maintains offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, Midland, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. They have two children, Hilary and John, and two grandchildren. Carolyn enjoys time spent with friends and family, history in all forms, travel, reading, gardening, and her two Golden Retrievers.

"During 2012-2013, the theme for TFRW was “Focus on the Outcome – Imagine Our Impact!” We must focus on unity in order for our party to be victorious. The impact will result in government policy that conservatives can be proud of once again. First things first - without control of Congress, we will not be able to govern."