What’s at Stake for Montgomery County Voters in the March Primary Election?
A must-read for Conservative Republicans.
February 19, 2024 | Montgomery County, TX
The Montgomery County Republican Party of Texas County Executive Committee (CEC) is comprised of 113 elected Precinct Chairs, one for each voting precinct in Montgomery County. These Precinct Chairs advocate for the party’s Legislative Priorities and Principles, and strive to get Republican voters registered and to the polls within their respective precincts.
Democrats Crossing Over to Elect Republican Leaders
Because Texas is an “Open Primary” state, the leader of the CEC, also known as the County Chair, is elected at large during the Republican Primary and therefore Democrats are able to have a say in who will lead the local Republican Party each biennium. To address this glaring problem, Plank 248 of the Republican Party of Texas Party Platform was voted on and approved in a landslide by the elected delegates from each county at the 2022 State Convention.
Republican Party of Texas Plank 248: “Republican Party Operations: We support the election of Republican County Chairs by their respective County Executive Committees where they exist. We support removing the Republican Party of Texas from the Election Code.”
The delegates at the State Convention believed that the CEC should be able to elect their leader just as any board of directors of a company would elect their Board President and they included this idea in the official Party Platform.
Out of 254 counties in Texas and of the over 5,000 delegates who attended and participated in the State Convention, only one person testified before the Platform Committee against Plank 248, which would prevent Democrats from meddling in the County Chair Election. That person was Montgomery County Chairman Bryan Christ.
Outside Influencers Damaging the Republican Party
Having the County Chair elected by the CEC would make it more difficult for outside Influencers to take over a County Chair and abuse the Republican brand, damaging the party as Chairman Christ has done here in Montgomery County.
Chairman Christ has:
Closed down the Republican Party Headquarters and liquidated all of the documents and keepsakes from the party’s long, storied history.
Been censured by the local party for violations of party rules and state laws.
Been called a “total failure” as a leader by the State Republican Party mediation team.
Filed frivolous lawsuits against members of the County Executive Committee.
Publicly defamed party officers.
Continued to mislead the public and divide the party by making false statements in his press releases.
An Election Integrity Crisis
With the Primary Election upon us and so much at stake for Texas, Chairman Christ and his political consultant wife have caused an election integrity crisis by recruiting 70 candidates to run against the Conservative Majority on the County Executive Committee (CEC). This means that 70 people who would normally serve as election judges or clerks are ineligible to serve because they are on the ballot. As is typical for Chairman Christ, he blames the crisis on the people who are now unable to serve because of his actions.
Questionable Recruits Running for Precinct Chair
Who have Chairman Christ and his wife recruited to run against the Conservative Precinct Chairs in Montgomery County? His recruit for Precinct 66, Mary Sandmann, was the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at her last job, which certainly doesn’t sound like something any Conservative Republican would ever do. Another recruit, John Nicks, is an LGBTQ activist and was charged with evading arrest in Montgomery County in 2020.
Bryan Christ with one of his recruits, John Nicks (at right) who is an LGBTQ activist and was charged with evading arrest in Montgomery County in 2020.
Take a look at this mailer that went out this week, encouraging voters to reelect Bryan Christ:
Voters should be aware that one of Bryan Christ's biggest supporters is James “Jim” Fredericks, who has been lobbying to have gambling legalized in Texas. So, it was no surprise to find out that the Texans for Opportunity & Prosperity PAC (TOP PAC), which is supporting Bryan Christ and paid for the above mailer, is funded primarily by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
That’s right, the gambling lobby is pouring thousands of dollars into Montgomery County via texts and mailers in an attempt to get rid of the Conservatives in the party. (Donor information for the TOP PAC can be verified at transparencyusa.org.) Another major contributor to the TOP PAC is an Austin-based organization called Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which was rumored to be behind the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
For the 2024 election cycle, this PAC and the pro-gambling lobby have donated $250,000 so far to work against Texas Conservatives and they have targeted Montgomery County since it is still the “reddest” of all of the large counties in Texas.
What Can Voters Do?
Voters need to understand that Texas Conservatives are under attack as the RINOs and their Progressive Democrat allies are desperately trying to flip Texas to “Blue.” The strong Conservative movement in Montgomery County has been able to hold them off for years, but we need your help to continue to lead the way.
Running against Christ for Chairman is State Republican Executive Committeewoman and Precinct 72 Chair, Gwen Withrow, who has earned the endorsements of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas Conservative Icon Chad Prather, America’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi, and many other grassroots Conservatives.
Other conservative organizations endorsing Withrow are Texas Patriot’s PAC, Grassroots America, and Montgomery County Tea Party PAC. You can read more about both candidates on our County Chair Candidates page.
You, the informed Montgomery County voter, are key to ensuring the future of our county, state, and nation. It is incumbent upon everyone to research the candidates and choose wisely. If Montgomery County falls, Texas falls, and without those electoral votes, President Trump will not have a chance.
Watch for Part 2 of this article exposing the local candidates who are supporting Bryan Christ and the Progressives in their battle against Conservative Republicans, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Team Trump.