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Empower Texans was a conservative advocacy group in Texas that was active from 2006 to 2020. [ 2][ 3] It was affiliated with Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, which was later spun off into its own organization. Empower Texans was based in Austin with operations in Dallas, Houston, and Midland. [ 4]
Empower Texans fizzled after a recording was released in 2019 of a meeting between former House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan in which Bonnen encouraged ...
In that case, Empower Texans’ lawyers argued that Sullivan was the victim of a “witch hunt” orchestrated by Straus’ “cronies,” and that he and his group should have been exempt from ...
Children. 1. Education. James Madison University (BA) Boston University (JD) Matthew Daniel Rinaldi (born April 11, 1975) is an American attorney and politician who served as chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2021 to 2024. Rinaldi was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 115 in Dallas County from 2015 to 2019 ...
Michael Quinn Sullivan filed the name Texans with Fiscal Accountability with the state of Texas, and then issued a cease and desist letter to Murphy Tuner and Associates after learning of Texans for Fiscal Accountability's activities. [3] Texans for Fiscal Accountability is not affiliated with Empower Texans. [4]
Political party. Republican. Education. Rhodes College (BA) Texas Tech University, Lubbock (MBA, JD) Dustin Ray Burrows (born November 14, 1978) is an attorney and businessman in Lubbock, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83. He has represented the 83rd district since January 2015.
In the recording, Bonnen offered Empower Texans press credentials that would allow them on the floor of the Texas House during the 2021 legislative session. In exchange, Bonnen wanted Empower Texans to target certain Republican representatives in the next primary election for defeat while not criticizing certain other Republicans. [33]
Texas A&M University ( BA) Texas Wesleyan University ( JD) James Edwin "Trey" Trainor III is an American Republican lawyer and government official. He is a member of the Federal Election Commission after President Donald Trump nominated him and the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed him. He served as chair of the commission in 2020.