John Fidler
 Chairman -Johnson County Republican Party

Welcome to the Johnson County Republican Party.

Since our founding, the Johnson County Republican Party has been in constant pursuit of freedom. You can only experience freedom when taxes are low, the government is staying out of your business and you can worship as you choose. Unfortunately many are blinded by promises from tax fed social programs and the limitations of political correctness, the fear of offending someone. We must remind ourselves that these programs are not worth it. Social programs bind you with taxes and political correctness hinders free thought. We must continue our push for FREEDOM.

Thank you for visiting our website. The fact you are here suggests you have some interest in Johnson County conservative politics. Our success depends on your involvement. Please check out our clubs and calendar of events for events you may be interested in. Our executive committee meets at 7:30pm on the first Tuesday of every month at our headquarters in Cleburne. You have visited us online, now grace us with your presence and visit us in person.

Thanks for visiting,

John Fidler
Chairman, Johnson County Republican Party

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News of interest

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Regular Monthly Meeting of the Executive Committee
   The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Republican Headquarters. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
     This will be Chairman Fidler's first official meeting of the 2008-2009 cycle. All precinct chairs should attempt to make this meeting.
    This is an open meeting and the public and all Republicans are encouraged to attend and let their voice be heard. See you there!

Johnson County Republican Women
   For those who missed the Republican Women's evening event , you missed out on of the best presentatiions on why we are Republicans and what we need to do to win. You really missed an incredible experience from an enlightened speaker. Perhaps next time?

Senate District 22 County Convention
The 2008 version of the Senate District 22 County Convention went off well on Saturday, March 29th at the Guinn Justice Center. 93 our of 213 elected delegates from the precinct conventions chose to show up along with three of our Republican elected officials. Chairman Dan Hunt opened the meeting with a great rendition of the Star Spangled Banner with two verses sung by Rachel Bishop , a member of the Cleburne Police Department. Great decorations by the Hospitality Committee under Polly Guthrie and wonderful precinct signs made by Randy Sheridan added to the festivities.
    After a roll call by Convention Secretary Peter Wrench, the convention elected John Fidler as permanent Chair, Henry Teich as Chair of the Resolutions Committee and Russell Couch as chair of the Nominations Committee. After that the various precincts were allowed to caucus as separate units and discuss issues to come before the body later in the day.
     We had a period after the caucuses were completed when Representative Rob Orr, US Representative Candidate Ron Curnock, and Commissioner Candidates Rick Bailey and Jerry Stringer addressed the body. County Treasurer Barbara Robinson made a short speech encouraging everyone to get out the vote.
   The Resolutions Committee under Chairman Henry Teich presented a fine document to the body for approval and that happened with only a minor housekeeping amendment from the floor.
     The Nominations Committee under Chairman Russell Couch ran into a little trouble with the assembled group and some changes were made to satisfy all concerned. We were authorized 43 delegates and 43 alternates to the State Convention in Houston and the committee selected a full slate of delegates and about half of the alternate slots filled from those who expressed a desire to attend.
     The Convention was adjourned at approximately 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon   

Website moved
    Our website has been moved to a new server but it should not affect your ability to access it.  Email roy [at] jcrp.org if you have any problems.

Primary Election Results
Precinct by precinct Primary Election results are now posted as an excel spreadsheet in the Archives Section.

Primary Election
Surely you've read the election results in the newspaper or online or heard it on the TV, but in our local contested races Jerry Stringer defeated Mark Carpenter to win a place on the November ballot for Commission Precinct 3. Ricky Bailey defeated Bryan Portwood to win the chance to go against the only Democrat on the ballot next November in the Commissioner Pct 1 race.  Adam Crawford held off his challenger Dusty Ford and will remain as Constable Pct 2 without an opponent in November. John Fidler bested David Kercheval to take the County Chairman position effective April 1 when Dan Hunt steps down. Congratulations to all and thanks for good clean campaigns.

Walter Mize 1938-2008
    Former Party Chairman Walter Mize passed away at his home on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

Presidents' Day Dinner and Awards Banquet
    February 18th was Presidents' Day in 2008 and we had our exciting and grand event  at the Cleburne Civic Center.
   Great food, speeches from candidates and officeholders and awards.
   We got out first chance to hear at length from Rob Curnock who will be running against Chet Edwards in November. He recognizes the big job ahead but is confident that if Republicans will get out and vote we can defeat our Democrat Representative.
   Shanda Perkins of  Burleson was Republican of the Year, Maryjane Brady of Cleburne was Volunteer of the Year, and Dan Hunt received Elected Republican Official of the Year. The Young Republicans awarded Roy Giddens with their Mentor Award.
  Our first two college scholarships were awarded with a $1000 scholarship going to Matthew Bastible and a $500 scholarship going to Caley Hindman, both of Burleson. Each of the high school seniors gave a short speech.
   Sheriff Bob Alford presided over another successful auction and the evening ended shortly before 9:00 p.m.

Chet and his Earmarks - have a look at this web page and you can tie Mr. Edwards earmarks to his campaign contributors with ease. Favor Factory

1Lt Travis Manion - there really are heroes among us. Get your tissues out and read this marvelous story. Just click on the link. http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/003114.php

English lessons - nice story in the Cleburne Times-Review today about Mary Jane Brady's free English Language classes to be taught at Republican Headquarters. Click here to read the story.

Fiscal Responsibility - here's a chance to see where your representatives in the Texas Legislature scored on fiscal policy as tallied by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

Stressed - turn on the sound, watch and listen to this relaxing site. Click here.

Representative Orr named Committee Chair by Speaker Craddick. Read the press release here

Representative Rob Orr will be honored by the Heritage Alliance as one of the top nineteen legislators in this years Legislature. Read the full story at Heritage Alliance

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