Disputed Precinct Chairs Seek Financial Damages From Montgomery GOP Chairman
A long-running dispute between the duly elected Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party and a group that opposes his leadership is headed back to the courtroom, with 18 individuals who purport to serve as precinct chairs seeking $5,000 in damages each. Early last year, a group calling itself the “MoCo Precinct Chair Group” filed […]
“Jailbait” Singer Endorses Challengers to Pro-Family Lawmakers
A rock musician who has bragged about a promiscuous lifestyle with young women and once wrote and recorded a song about sexual relations with a thirteen-year-old girl has publicly endorsed several challengers to Republican state representatives who voted for pro-family bills that were priority pieces of legislation for conservative activists. The endorsement by Ted Nugent […]
Questions About Honesty Cloud Phelan Challenger Covey
In the race for Texas House District 21, allegations questioning the honesty of candidate David Covey have been raised in recent weeks. District 21 is represented by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, who is opposed by Covey and Jasper County resident Alicia Davis in the Republican primary. The Texas Voice has independently researched the allegations against […]
Democrat Lawyer, Cannabis Salesman Among Top Donors to HD 26 Candidate Matt Morgan
Despite running on a conservative platform to “drain the Austin swamp,” a Texas House candidate in Fort Bend County has taken significant campaign contributions from a politically active Democrat lawyer and purchased advertising on a website owned by an ex-convict that has published false attacks against his primary opponent. Matt Morgan, a public insurance adjuster […]
Inside the Pale Horse Playbook
A group of activists in Colorado, including a former Republican candidate for Governor, have turned to the controversial Texas-based political consulting firm Pale Horse Strategies to create what one critic described as a “profiteering shadow party” in their state. As first reported by Heidi Beedle with the Colorado Times Record, Heidi Ganahl- a businesswoman and former […]
Texas Scorecard-Aligned Candidate Insults GOP Grassroots
A candidate for Chair of the Harris County Republican Party who has aligned himself with the website Texas Scorecard has made repeated comments denigrating the grassroots party activists he seeks to lead. In a text message and audio recording obtained by The Texas Voice, Houston businessman Bobby Orr expressed particular contempt for Republican women. In a […]
GOP Officials Condemn Anti-Muslim Ad Campaign
A variety of Republican leaders have denounced a recent ad campaign, including mailers and text messages, which inferred that various Republican lawmakers “want Sharia law in Texas.” The ad campaign was launched by the Texas Family Project, which has also made false claims that certain Republican legislators had supported child gender transitioning when, in fact, those legislators […]
Tim Dunn- The GOP Donor Who Helped Send Beto O’Rourke to Congress
Through an extensive network of politically active nonprofit organizations and political action committees he helps bankroll, Midland oilman Tim Dunn is one of Texas’ most prominent political donors. The groups funded by Dunn are well known for engaging in vicious- and frequently deceptive- attacks against Republican candidates and officeholders that they attempt to paint as […]
Affiliate of Never-Trumper Led “Little Nutjob” Gun Group Engages in Texas Primaries
The Texas affiliate of a national self-styled “gun rights” group led by a man who described Donald Trump as a “gun grabber” and a “poison that infects the GOP” has begun sending mailers and other communications making false claims about the voting records of members of the Texas Legislature. Dudley Brown, President of the National […]
Texas GOP Chairman Rinaldi Endorsed by Blackrock
According to records on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the controversial investment firm Blackrock voted its shares in Braemar Hotels and Resorts in support of Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi to serve as a director of Braemar. A practicing attorney, Rinaldi has served on the board of Braemar since the company became […]