MY PLAN FOR GETTING OUT THE VOTE IN THIS PRECINCT

• I plan to meet and/or talk to as many Republican voters in the precinct as possible

• Contact will primarily be by email, text message, social media and sometimes phone.

• I can connect those who want to volunteer for campaigns with the campaigns

• I will have times where I’m at a local restaurant where we could sit and talk.

WHAT IS A PRECINCT CHAIR?

A Precinct Chair represents a voting precinct in our county. Each of the three active parties have precinct chairs. Ideally, there is one for each of the 95 voting precincts in McLennan County.

The Precinct Chair is the liaison between the voters and the Party and candidates. A Precinct Chair will get to know the voters in the precinct, share voting information, answer questions. They are the “go-to” people when the voters need answers and when the Party or candidates need volunteers. They are also like a Board of Directors for the Party. They make financial decisions and sometimes choose candidates when there is a vacancy on the ballot. This has happened a few times in recent years.

A SUCCESSFUL PRECINCT CHAIR

A successful Precinct Chair contacts and interacts with voters. She uses methods such as social media, phone calls, text messages, and in-person visits to get to know the voters. She is organized. Often, she will get the work done through block captains. The ability to train and organize the work of others is important. She has a working knowledge of the various levels of government. She is familiar with the convention process. She knows and is known by the elected officials and candidates. Her goal is to give the voters the tools they need to make good decisions or influence elections or policy decisions. She will be able to communicate her own informed opinions on the issues.

ABOUT ME

Tasks and Skills Used In My Political Roles

• Maintain membership lists

• “Selling” Memberships

• Sending mass emails to hundreds of recipients

• Design, build (or hire someone to build), and maintain websites

• Social media posting on Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram

• Recording and editing videos making them suitable for Reels or short videos

• Data analysis of early voting turnout to determine the ratio of R/D voters and identify those who had not yet voted to contact for a reminder to vote

• Data analysis of voter records to identify likely voters for the specific race

• Managed lists to distribute signs

• Designed campaign graphics for use on social media, push cards, yard signs, mailers

• Speech writing, formulating a consistent campaign messaging

• Writing mailers

• Tracking legislation using Texas Legislature Online

• Advocating for good bills and against bad ones

Campaigns and Groups I’ve Worked With

•  Waco Tea Party activist, 2009-2015

• Randy Riggs for Tax Assessor-Collector, 2012

• Ted Cruz for Senate: 2012, 2018, 2024 (Deputy District Director)

• McLennan County Republican Women, 2013-2014

• McLennan County Republican Club: volunteer since 2013, joined the Board of Directors 2020-2025

• Ted Cruz for President, 2016

• Col. Jon Ker for McLennan County Republican Party Chairman, 2016

• Kristi DeCluitt for Judge, 2020

• Jim Smith for County Commissioner, 2022

• Jessica Dominguez for Justice of the Peace, 2022

• Parnell McNamara for Sheriff, 2024

• Perry Felton for McLennan CAD Board of Directors, 2024

• McLennan County Republican Party: Precinct Chair from 2014-2025 (moved), Election Judge for 13 years, volunteer and later paid communications director (informal title), volunteer for many projects. Eight-time Republican Party of Texas State Convention Delegate.

Campaign Schools

• Americans for Prosperity, 2-day campaign school in Dallas, 2010

• Republican Party of Texas, 3-day campaign school in San Antonio, 2015

• McLennan County Republican Party, 1-day campaign school in Waco, 2018

• Leadership Institute, local mini-campaign school in Waco, 2023

Community Involvement

• City of Waco Building Standards Commission 2011-2015. Vice-Chair for the term beginning October 2013

• LeadershipPlenty Waco, 2016

• Waco City Academy, 2023

• Citizens Police Academy, 2025

• Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association, 2026

Education

• Gatesville High School

• McLennan Community College, Associate of Arts

• Baylor University, BBA with a concentration in Management

Work Experience

Carhop; Dishwasher; Counter help; pizza cook, pizza delivery, server, shift manager; glove sales by phone, taking insurance applications over the phone, reviewer (of the completed interviews), trainer, team leader, quality analyst, business analyst, documentation specialist, connectivity engineer, report analyst; support specialist

I'm currently a data analyst with the home office for a life insurance company, ride share driver, and sometimes paid political operative.

Personal Life

Widowed since 2003. No biological children, but I have three stepchildren, six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren (I married an older man who started young having kids). I adore my three nephews, my four nieces (their wives/ex-wife) and my five grandnieces and five grandnephews. One sister and brother-in-law in Gatesville. Hobbies are learning to do things on the computer, playing music (guitar, mandolin, saxophone, harmonica unsuccessfully), binging television shows, watching movies in the theater and on my giant TV, hanging out with friends, long phone calls, crocheting, and politics.