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Since taking office as Harris County Republican Chairman, Paul Simpson has worked tirelessly to revamp the Harris County Republican Party’s approach to winning elections. At our November 2014 meeting, he will share the results of the new strategies used in this month’s elections. Find out what worked, what didn’t, and what we MUST do to WIN IN 2016.

A lawyer and engineer by profession, Paul’s lifelong passion has been conservative political activism. A pro‑life conservative, Paul has been a Republican political leader since he was in high school. Growing up in and near New Orleans, Paul joined the Louisiana Teen‑Age Republicans at age thirteen, and was elected state chair by the time he was sixteen. After being named National Outstanding Teen‑Age Republican, Paul came to Houston to attend Rice University, where he was active in student government and chaired the Young Republicans. Paul=s summer jobs (besides construction and offshore oil field work) included working for a national conservative organization in recruiting and mobilizing young people for conservative Republican congressional campaigns in Michigan and Iowa.

After graduating from Rice with degrees in history and engineering, Paul went to work as an engineer in the oil industry. He designed and oversaw drilling and producing wells in different areas of the country and offshore, supervised engineering teams, and managed multi‑million‑dollar projects constructing and installing onshore and offshore platforms, facilities, and pipelines.

While working full‑time in the oil and gas business, Paul put himself through law school at night, graduating with honors from the University of Houston law school. A licensed engineer and patent lawyer, Paul’s law practice primarily involves oil and gas disputes and transactions.

~ Joanie Bain, Programs

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