Texas Values Actively Engaged at the RPT Convention in San Antonio Last Week!

The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) held its biennial convention in San Antonio, Texas last week where your Texas Values and Texas Values Action team were among thousands of like-minded Texans to participate in policy and media work.

We gave away numerous educational materials and merchandise at our booth in the Exhibit Hall and conducted interviews with key influencers like Attorney General Paxton, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and more at our on-site studio. Visit our YouTube channel to see all the interviews.

Texas Values played a key role in impacting the RPT platform while testifying on many of the resolutions. 

We also hosted a "Private Faith, Family & Freedom Breakfast" for our supporters who were attending this event. Notable elected officials and leaders attended this sold out event!

Photos from our private breakfast; Vince and Mona Puente, and Leigh Wambsganss.

Rep. Angela Paxton with Jonathan Saenz.

Representative Dr. Tom Oliverson and Pro-Life activist and Vice Chair candidate Abby Johnson, also attended the private breakfast.

Texas Values Policy Director, Jonathan Covey, attends session with President Jonathan Saenz.

Texas Values Director of Government Relations, Mary Elizabeth Castle, at the Convention with President Jonathan Saenz.

Legislative priorities that Texas Values asked convention delegates to rank high were:

Texas Values sent out an emergency email asking convention delegates to speak up on the convention floor and ask that the Save Women’s Sports language be added back to the platform plank on Gender Identity. Right at the convention floor debate deadline of 11:45 p.m., the entire RPT convention delegation voted to add back Save Women’s Sports!

Read more details about the event in our article here.

Texas is better because of our work at this event last week, so we appreciate your support and participation as well!

Thank you for taking time to get out and vote for your values...Texas values!

Texas Values Action only endorsed candidates who demonstrate a firm commitment to protecting religious liberty, marriage and family, and innocent human life.

Six of our endorsed candidates won in their primary runoff races this week. For the entire primary season, 28 Texas Values Action candidates WON in a contested primary, out of 35 total candidates endorsed.

Brent Hagenbuch – TX Senate District 30 (Denton, Collin)

A.J. Louderback – TX House District 30 (Dewitt, Lavaca)

Katrina Pierson – TX House District 33 (Rockwall)

Alan Schoolcraft – TX House District 44 (Guadalupe, Gonzales)

Keresa Richardson – TX House District 61 (Collin)

Tom Maynard – SBOE District 10 (Williamson, Bell, Burnet)

Notably, we were disappointed that Cheryl Bean lost by a slim margin of 300 votes. Turnout was very low in this election (only 5%) and surely, there were 300 more people who could have voted and changed the outcome of this election. John McQueeney won this Tarrant County Texas House race, and it's been reported that McQueeny heavily supports bringing Casino gambling to Tarrant County.

Also, David Covey fell short by just over 300 votes, in his challenge to current Speaker of the House and Representative Dade Phelan, in one of the most expensive Texas House races in some time.

Read more about this in our article here!

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