Dutch Lunch Thursday, May 22, 2025
YES the women of TEXAS TEA held a Dutch Lunch on THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 for fun and fellowship at Spring Creek BBQ on Hyw 249 at Loutta (NE corner) from 11:30 to 1:30. We hope you can join us next time.
Monthly Meeting: May 13, 2025
Our monthly meeting was held on May 13, 2025. Our amazing speaker was Kyle Scott, recently elected to Place 2 on the Harris County Appraisal District.
Kyle Scott began his professional career as a high school civics teacher before becoming a professor at the university-level in 2005. He and his family returned to Spring, TX in 2008 and he began his career as a small business owner. He is now a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Sam Houston State University.
Kyle was elected to the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors in 2024, where he now serves as the Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee at HCAD.
Kyle has been married for 24 years to his high school sweetheart. Their son is a sophomore at the University of Houston, and their daughter is a junior at Providence Classical School. They have been members of Klein Trinity Lutheran Church since they returned to their hometown.
Kyle received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas, a PhD from the University of Houston, and his MBA from Rice University.
Dutch Lunch Friday April 25, 2025
We had a great time of fun and fellowship at this Dutch Lunch. No speaker this time – just got to know each other a little better!
Joint Election May 3, 2025
A joint election for various locations in the county was held May 3, 2025. Find results by going to HarrisVotes.com.
Read what Senate District 15 SRE Committeeman, Roland Garcia, had to say about the results:
The local elections results on May 3 were a serious setback for Republicans across the state. There were a few wins, but overall conservatives lost ground we had gained in school board races over the past 4-5 years.
There’s many reasons (some particular to each jurisdiction) but the overriding one is this: in low turnout elections (and most of the May 3 elections saw about 5% voter turnout) the side that shows up wins. And right now, Democrats are fired up while Republicans are complacent. Add in the built-in advantage the bad guys enjoy in school board elections with ISD employees and insiders playing a disproportionate role in low-turnout races, and the progress we did make in previous years is all the more significant and a credit to your hard work.
I knocked on a lot of doors the last couple months for a conservative school board candidate and drew these conclusions based on what I’m seeing on the ground. I’d love to hear from you if you have any thoughts about what happened in the local elections.
FYI – Crazy, angry, resist lib cat ladies are the most engaged and obsessed voters in America. No matter how obscure the election, their covens will swarm Nextdoor. That’s definitely an advantage for Democrats in low turnout elections.
Part of this is the historic midterm dynamic – the party out of power has a focus to rally against and there’s a backlash against the party in power. Republicans benefited from this under Obama and Biden and we won Congress, state legislatures, local elections, etc. Now the Democrats are benefiting from this curious fact of American political life.
In 2018 – the last midterm election under Trump – Democrats came within two points of flipping Ted Cruz’s Senate seat (and of course that’s when Democrats flipped Harris County blue). 2026 could be even worse but there’s still time to course correct.
How do we bring the 2024 Trump voters back to the polls in 2026 when Trump isn’t on the ballot? Whether or not we keep Texas red will depend on successfully answering that question.
This is a time for concern and re-engagement, NOT panic or despair. We have Houston ISD and other local elections coming up this November, primary elections next March, another round of local elections in May 2026, and then November 2026. Evil never sleeps, and neither can we.
THANK YOU for all that you have done and continue to do for MAGA and the conservative cause.
Rolando Garcia
State Republican Executive Committeeman – SD15 | Republican Party of Texas
Monthly Meeting: April 8, 2025
A riveting talk was given by Jessica Hart Steinman, Executive General Counsel for America First Policy Institute which is President Trump’s Think Tank, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. If a video becomes available of her talk, we will post the link here.
