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Tuesday, May 27th is the date for the Republican Primary run-off election.  Early voting will occur May 19-23.  These elections will determine the candidates for many of our state-wide and local offices that will be on the ballot in November.  In the March primary election, less than 7% of registered voters in Harris County turned out to vote in the Republican primary, and only 3% voted in the Democratic primary.  These numbers will be lower for the run-offs.  The following are the offices/candidates that...

A strange thing happened to me last week while in a cab. I was fighting waves of nausea as I listened to the DC drivel that was emanating from the cab’s speakers… complete garbage about that tired, yet somehow still effective, lie that Obama keeps spewing about “income equality”. I looked out the window in time to notice we were near the Lincoln Memorial and I remembered his famous words about a house that is divided against itself...

You will get a chance to meet the candidates for the May 27 run-off primary. Following will be a presentation by The Honorable Jim Murphy, “Front Line Leaders – Republican Women Leading the Charge in Battleground Texas.” Jim Murphy serves in the Texas House, representing District 133 in West Houston. Jim was first elected in 2006 and is running for re-election in November. Representative Murphy serves on the Committees for Small Business and Economic Development and Higher Education. He also serves as...

The Village Republican Women’s club is updating our membership directory for 2019.  We would like to offer you the opportunity to place an ad in the new directory and help support our efforts to Keep Texas Red. Half Page Ad 3.5″ x 4.5″… $100 Full Page Ad 7″ x 4.5″ …… $200 The deadline is March 16, 2019. All pictures and ads must be pre-sized to fit. You must be an active member of VRW to be listed in the directory.If you are...

By the time this newsletter reaches you we will have seen, and hopefully lived through, the end of the most raucous, double-down dirty primary season that I have experienced in a long, long time. All I can say is, “Thank goodness it’s over”.    I hope everyone had a chance to celebrate victory for their candidates.  But even if our favorite lost in the primary, now is the time to put away our disappointment and work towards getting our candidates elected in...

The Honorable Debra Ibarra Mayfield, Judge Harris County Court at Law No. 1 is our guest speaker for March 26, 2014. After being nominated by Commissioner Jack Morman, Debra Ibarra Mayfield was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the Commissioners’ Court as presiding judge of Harris County Civil Court-at-Law No. 1 on October 11, 2011. Judge Mayfield, a native Texas and Houstonian, was raised in Harris County Precinct 1 in the northeast part of Houston. As part of the first generation in...