Volume XVIII, Number 2 May, 2006

Volume XVIII, Number 2 May, 2006

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REPUBLICAN

Published quarterly by the Montgomery County Republican Party ~ POB 45 ~ Conroe, TX 77305-0045

Headquarters: 310 Collins Street ~ Conroe, TX 77301 ~ 936-441-5621 ~ fax 936-539-5858

COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SET FOR MAY23rd IN CONROE CITY HALL

The second quarterly meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee (CEC) for 2006 has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held on the sixth floor of the Conroe City Hall at 300 West Davis Street in Conroe. The elevators may be accessed from the West Phillips Street entrance. This will be the organizational meeting for the 2006-2008 CEC. According to Party Bylaws, the CEC will ratify the leadership appointments of the County Chairman, elect a CEC Secretary and name three-fifths of the membership to each of the six Standing Committees (Vacancy, Rules, Candidates, Finance, Organization and Headquarters-Volunteers). The County Chairman appoints the remaining two-fifths of the membership to each Committee.

The CEC will hear a report from the Finance and Planning Committee Chairman, Brandon Creighton. He will announce plans for a Party fund-raiser for July 11th featuring Agriculture Commissioner and candidate for Comptroller, Susan Combs, and the Planning Committee’s recommendation for Executive Assistant to the County Chairman. Hartley Mackintosh, Organization Chairman will report on the plans for training sessions for new Precinct Chairmen and plans for the Committee’s work on the 2006 Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) campaign.

The 2005 Sally B. Naugle Service Award will be given to Linda Fox for her loyal and dedicated Headquarters service and the 2005 Volunteer of the Year Award will be given to the County’s four Republican Women Clubs for their dedicated service to the Party and the community.

The meeting is open to the public. Further information may be obtained by calling 936-441-5621.

A SALUTE TO REPUBLICAN WOMEN

The Montgomery County Republican Party invites you to attend the dedication ceremony of a tree planted in honor of:

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN

THE WOODLANDS REPUBLICAN WOMEN

LAKE CONROE AREA REPUBLICAN WOMEN

NORTH SHORE REPUBLICAN WOMEN

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Heritage Park in downtown Conroe

(One block west of County Headquarters)

Light refreshments beginning at 5:30 p.m.

in the

County Republican Headquarters

310 Collins Street

The Party thanks U. S. Trees of Texas and David Kleimann for the generous donation of the red oak tree and the City of Conroe for its cooperation in making arrangements for the placement of the tree and the monument.

TWO REPUBLICAN WOMEN HONORED

The Texas Federation of Republican Women recently recognized Miriam Burton of the Lake Conroe Area Republican Women and Judy Smith of the North Shore Republican Women as two of its ten outstanding Republican women at the TFRW Convention. Miriam has served as President of the LCARW and is the Precinct Chairman for Precinct #63. Judy was a founder and President of the North Shore Republican Women and serves as Precinct Chairman for Precinct #72. Congratulations ladies!

PRIMARY ELECTIONS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

The 2006 Primary elections are now history. While the turnout was disappointing, the new DRE voting system using the E-Slate machine could only be judged as a success. “I was extremely pleased with the new system”, County Chairman Walter Wilkerson said. “There were few problems in each Primary, but these were corrected quickly. I am very proud of the cooperation shown by both Party’s election workers, a fact that allowed every voter, regardless of Party affiliation, to cast a vote in their voting precinct.” Election returns were reported by 9:30 p.m., several hours earlier than usual.

The total cost of the elections was not available at the time of the printing of the Newsletter. The Final Cost Report was due to be filed with the Secretary of state on May 11th.

21,567 votes were cast in the GOP Primary and 1,906 votes were cast in the Democrat Primary. The Republican total was 10% of the registered voter total. Congressman Kevin Brady received the most votes, 17,689, followed closely by Senator Kay Hutchison’s 17,681. The six Precincts with the highest % turnout were: #72- 25.5%, #43- 23.8%, #29- 22.6%, #40- 20.3%, #15- 19.94% and #18- 19.89%.

13,858 votes were cast in the Republican Runoff Primary and 567 votes were cast in the Democrat Runoff Primary. Patrice McDonald polled the most votes with 4,320. Cara Woods had 3,583 votes and Justice Holcomb received 3,331 votes.

“I want to thank all the Election Judges and workers for a job well done”, Wilkerson said.

STATE CONVENTION JUNE 2nd & 3rd

Montgomery County Republicans will be represented by 192 Delegates at the State Convention in San Antonio on June 2-3, 2006. There will be 79 Delegates from Senatorial District #3 and 113 Delegates from Senatorial District #4. A list of the Delegates and Alternate Delegates can be found on the Party web site at www.mcrp.org.