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Knox is a Republican. [3] He was first elected to represent At-large Position 1 of the Houston City Council on November 15, 2014, and assumed office on January 2, 2016. [4]In 2016, Knox fired a staffer who attempted to block a Muslim from being appointed to Harris Republican Party precinct chair.
The party has a number of partner and auxiliary organizations, [41] including the Texas Federation of College Republicans, [42] the High School Republicans of Texas, the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), [43] Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association, [44] the Texas Republican Assembly, [45] 150 Black Men of Texas, the Juan ...
After being ousted from the chairmanship of the county party in 2014, Woodfill launched two unsuccessful campaigns for the chairmanship of the Texas Republican Party. Woodfill is known for his socially conservative views and activism, including his opposition to the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance , which was repealed in a 2015 referendum.
In 1963, George H.W. Bush — then the chair of the Harris County Republican Party, which was just starting to make significant inroads — laid out a vision of taking power by peeling off ...
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Orlando Sanchez (born 14 October 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an American politician, elected three times as Treasurer of Harris County, Texas (2006), [1] 2010, [2] and 2014. [3] [4] Dylan Osborne was elected to succeed him in the November, 2018 election that saw most Republicans in county-wide offices replaced by Democrats.
Harris County in recent years has become a recurring target of new Texas voting rules and restrictions passed by GOP lawmakers. In 2021, the Republican-controlled Legislature passed laws banning ...
District 15 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] The current senator from District 15 is Molly Cook. Cook was elected in a special election to succeed John Whitmire, who resigned on December 31, 2023, to take office as the mayor of Houston. [2] [3]