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I am a 6th-generation Texan. My ancestors, whose name was Fritze, came to the Republic of Texas in 1845 and then to Fredericksburg on Founders Day in 1846 with their five children. I wrote about their story in the December 31 issue of The Fredericksburg Standard.
I was born in Amarillo, went to high school in Houston, and received a BBA in Management from Texas A&M. My wife, Megg, and I are members of the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg. We have two grown children.
Megg and I lived in Katy, Texas, for 35 years, where I was a high school teacher, and she ran a hospital laboratory. We were married in 1983, and at the next election, the Republican election judge invited me to a meeting at his house. He said he would have some candidates there and BBQ. I went to that meeting. I met some judge candidates and Republican neighbors. He asked if I wanted to work as a clerk at the next election. I said yes, and I have been involved ever since.
I have served as the County Chair of the Gillespie County Republican Party for 1.5 terms. Before that, I was a precinct chair in Harris County for 21 years and a member of the State Republican Executive Committee for three terms. I had the honor of being the only delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2024 from Gillespie County.
We bought our house here in 2014. We moved here full-time in June of 2020. I attended the county party meeting that summer as a member of the public. I volunteered to be the fundraising chair, and I brought the Lincoln Reagan Dinner to Gillespie County as a way to fundraise for the party. I have been a part of all four Lincoln-Reagan Dinners, raising almost $100,000 for the county party’s “Get Out the Vote” efforts.
My goal in my first term was to stop the trend of our county being less red in elections. We did that in the 2024 election, where we were redder than in previous elections. We have sent mailings and texts to Republican voters, encouraging them to vote, which is the number one job of a county party. I ask for your vote for another term as your county chair to help keep Gillespie County Red.
I ask for your vote in the March 3 Republican Primary.
If you need a yard sign, email me.
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Endorsements
Local
Teresa Weirich – Vice Chair, Gillespie County Republican Party,
Vice President, Fredericksburg Republican Club
Pastor Michael Burdick – Pct 4 Chair
Scott Netherland (Colonel, US Army -Ret) – Pct 6 Chair
Charlotte Belsick – Pct 8 Chair
Betty Hahn – Pct 9 Chair
Tammy Schmidt Keener
Celia & Sewall C. “Spike” Cutler, Jr.
Tim & Gretel Neff
Randye McAnally
Alix & Ryan Crunk
Bobbi McDaniel
Trey Blocker
Kevin & Jennifer Lynnes
Jeff McHalek
Mo & Mary Saiidi – (Mo) Former County Chair, Gillespie County;
(Mary) Former President, Gillespie County Republican Women
Debbie Campbell – President, Gillespie County Republican Women
Thom & Linda Schmidt, Former Pct 7 Chair
Dale Dittmar
Scott Strange
David & Mary Wiemers
William Bartusek
Jane Woellhof
Texas
Ellen Troxclair – State Representative District 19
Mary Jane Avery – State Republican Executive Committee, SD 24
Helen Herd – County Chair, Kerr County
John Culberson – 2001-2019 U.S. Congressman, Houston, 1987-2001 Texas State Representative, Houston,
Co-founder of the Tea Party and consistently ranked as one of the most conservative members of Congress and the Texas House
Kathy Haigler – Former SREC SD 11, Former RPT Secretary, Former County Chair, Caldwell County, Training Specialist, Texas Election Network
Susan Patrick – Former County Chair, Grimes County
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Below is my political resume. My views on current issues are available on this website, which I have maintained for many years.
Gillespie County Republican Party
County Chair 2023-Present, Vice Chair 2020 –2023, Parliamentarian,
Fundraising Committee Chair, Communications Committee Chair, Voter Engagement Committee,
Central Count Judge, Nov 2021, Mar 2022, May 7,24 2022; Election Clerk, Nov 2020, Nov 2022
Fort Bend County Republican Party
Election Judge, Mar 2018, Nov 2018, Nov 2019
Harris County Republican Party
Precinct 463 Chair 1996 – 2017
Ballot Security Committee, 2000 – 2017 , Chair 2003 – 2006, Vice Chair-Training 2010-2012
Election Judge, Alt Election Judge, Clerk – 1984 – 2017
State Republican Executive Committee, SD17 2006 – 2012
Rules Committee 2006-2010, Party Organization Committee, Ballot Security sub-committee 2006-2008, Resolutions Committee 2010-2012, Grassroots Committee 2011-2012
SD/County Conventions
Harris County SD 7 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2016, Resolutions Committee – 2000
Harris County SD 17 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, Resolutions Committee – 2002, 2004*, 2006*, *Chair
Fort Bend County SD 18 2018, 2020
Gillespie County 2022, 2024, Rules Committee Chair 2022, Permanent Chair 2024
State Conventions
1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
State Committees: Organization 2012, Nominations 2016, Rules 2018, 2024
SD 17 Caucus Chair 2008, 2010
SD 18 Caucus Chair 2020
SD 24 Caucus Head Teller 2022, Gillespie County Delegation Chair 2022, 2024
National Convention
2008 – CD 7 Delegate #3 (Convention in St. Paul, MN)
2024 – CD 21 Delegate #3 (Convention in Milwaukee, WI)
True the Vote
When True the Vote began, Catherine Engelbrecht contacted the Harris County Republican Party, and I was sent to train the late Alan Vera on how to stop voter fraud. They were just getting into it. We produced videos that were used to train volunteer election workers. Of course, True the Vote became the leading experts in election integrity and their research was the basis for Dinesh D’Souza’s movie 2000 Mules.
Culberson for Congress Campaign – Honorary Campaign Chairman, 2004
Block walker for many, many campaigns
My sister, Randye McAnally, and her family are long-time residents here.
I serve as Treasurer of the Gillespie County A&M Club.
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