In 2020, nearly 4000 Republicans in Gillespie County did not vote!
As the song above states, we must regain our country and Make America Great Again!
We need you to vote for EVERY Republican on the ballot and save our country!
Come by our HQ at the address below and get your yard signs, hats, flags, t-shirts, etc.
Tue, Thurs, Sat 10AM – 2 PM
Offices and Contact Information
The Gillespie County Republican Party office is at 904 W. Main St, Fredericksburg, Texas. If you need more information contact the County Chairman, Bruce Campbell, on our Contact Us page, or write us at: Gillespie County Republican Party P.O. Box 2975, Fredericksburg TX 78624
The County Executive Committee governs the Gillespie County Republican Party. Meetings of the committee are posted on our calendar page.
County Executive Committee (CEC) Term 2024-2026
County Chair – Bruce Campbell Vice-Chair – Teresa Weirich Secretary – Linda McCann
Treasurer – Bruce Tait
2025 Legislative Priorities passed at 2024 State Convention
The Legislative Priorities for the 89th Session (2024-2025) of the Texas Legislature are: (% support from delegates shown)
Border Enforcement: 95.29%
To repel invasion and deter illegal immigration:Creating a Texas Department of Homeland Security to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
Prohibiting, with mandatory fines and jail time, individuals, corporations, non-profits, governments, and social media entities from assisting or inciting illegal entry.
Requiring the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas with significant penalties for business owners who violate this requirement.
Ending all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens, except for emergency medical care.
Secure Texas Elections: 94.15%
Securing elections from each citizen’s registration to the final count of legal votes by:Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Requiring the Counties and the Secretary of State to update the voter rolls at least quarterly.
Requiring a mandatory photo ID for every election, without exception.
Restricting mail-in ballots to disabled, military, and eligible citizens who are out of their county for the entire voting period.
Using only hand-marked, sequentially numbered paper ballots on anti-counterfeiting paper that are signed on the back by the election official at the voting location.
Standardizing in-person voting, with early voting limited to a period of no longer than nine (9) days, no gap before Election Day, and assigned-precinct voting locations only.
Counting ballots in precinct using a dumb-scanner method as soon as the ballot is returned by the voter and with publication of the results prior to submission to the County.
Closing party primaries for only registered Republicans.
Explicitly codifying the ability of the Attorney General to prosecute violations of the Election Code.
Removing existing Secretary of State waivers to comply with current Election Code.
Stop Sexualizing Texas’ Kids: 91.78%
Stopping the sexualization of minors, which leads to abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, by:Prohibiting taxpayer funding to any entities that permit or promote sexually inappropriate content to minors and legislatively banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender ideology in schools and libraries.
Repealing affirmative defenses in Texas Penal Code (43.24, 43.25) and redefining “harmful materials” to remove loopholes provided by the modified Miller Test.
Establishing an independent Inspector General for Education to investigate fraud, waste, abuse, and criminal conduct within schools and refer findings to prosecutorial authorities.
Compelling superintendents to report sex crimes within schools to outside law enforcement and removing immunity from civil liability for schools and their employees.
No Democrat Chairs: 87.30%
The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature shall end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats and require all committees to be majority Republican.
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying 86.66%
Prohibiting all forms of taxpayer-funded lobbying, including the use of tax dollars to hire lobbyists and payment of tax dollars to associations that lobby the Legislature.
Secure the Electric Grid: 83.49%
Securing the integrity of Texas electricity production and delivery of abundant, reliable, and resilient energy, ensuring that the Texas grid can withstand any natural or manmade threat to include weather, cyber, physical, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMD).
Texas is Not for Sale: 83.14%
Banning the sale of real property in Texas, and discontinuing taxpayer funding and incentives, to governments, entities, and proxies of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, and to individuals from these nations who are not legal permanent residents or citizens of the United States.End Federal
Overreach: 80.70%
Resisting unconstitutional federal acts and mandates that restrict transportation, including mandatory kill switches in vehicles, road diets, and restrictions on the owner’s right to repair vehicles and equipment. Ensuring that Texans have medical freedom and can give or withhold consent for any vaccine or medical treatment without coercion, are not discriminated against based on vaccine status, and are not faced with any vaccine or medical mandate by public or private entities.These priorities were chosen by delegates at the state convention, May 23-25, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. Delegates were presented with a list of 15 topics selected by the Legislative Priorities Committee after a comprehensive review of resolutions passed at the precinct and senate district levels of the convention process. Delegates were allowed to vote on 8 topics, which became the official Legislative Priorities of the Republican Party of Texas.
Gillespie County Republican Party
As the song above states, we must regain our country and Make America Great Again!
Offices and Contact Information
Gillespie County Republican Party
P.O. Box 2975, Fredericksburg TX 78624
The County Executive Committee governs the Gillespie County Republican Party. Meetings of the committee are posted on our calendar page.
2024-2026 Bylaws
Resolutions Passed by County Executive Committee
County Executive Committee (CEC)
Term 2024-2026
County Chair – Bruce Campbell
Vice-Chair – Teresa Weirich
Secretary – Linda McCann
Treasurer – Bruce Tait
Precinct Chairs – Map of the precincts (Adopted Dec 1, 2021)
Precinct Chair Handbook
How to Become a Precinct Chair
How to Become a Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar
Standing Committee Chairs
Election Preparation – Lori Luckenbach
Voter Engagement – Charlotte Belsick
Fundraising – Teresa Weirich
Outreach – open
Communications – open
Republican Elected Office Holders
Governor – Greg Abbott
Lt. Governor – Dan Patrick
U.S. Senator – John Cornyn
U.S. Senator – Ted Cruz
U.S. Representative – Chip Roy
State Senator – Pete Flores
State Representative – Ellen Troxclair
County Judge – Daniel Jones
County Commissioner Pct 1 – Charles Olfers
County Commissioner Pct 2 – Keith Kramer
County Commissioner Pct 3 – Dennis Neffendorf
County Commissioner Pct 4 – Don Weinheimer
County Sheriff – Buddy Mills
County Attorney – Sara Neel (appointed)
County Clerk – Lindsey Brown
County Tax Assessor-Collector – Delores Barrientes (appointed)
County Constable Pct 1 – Ken Moore
County Constable Pct 2 – Kenny Bode
County Constable Pct 3 – Hilario Villa, Sr.
County Constable Pct 4 – Marshall Akin
County Court at Law Judge – Christopher G. Nevins
County Justice of the Peace Pct 1 – JD Hickman
County Justice of the Peace Pct 2 – Steven T. Wetz
County Justice of the Peace Pct 3 – Ricky Priess
County Justice of the Peace Pct 4 – Todd Metzger
County Surveyor – Don Kuhlmann
County Treasurer – Vicki J. Schmidt (appointed)
District Clerk – Jan Davis
2025 Legislative Priorities passed at 2024 State Convention
The Legislative Priorities for the 89th Session (2024-2025) of the Texas Legislature are: (% support from delegates shown)
Border Enforcement: 95.29%
To repel invasion and deter illegal immigration:Creating a Texas Department of Homeland Security to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
Prohibiting, with mandatory fines and jail time, individuals, corporations, non-profits, governments, and social media entities from assisting or inciting illegal entry.
Requiring the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas with significant penalties for business owners who violate this requirement.
Ending all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens, except for emergency medical care.
Secure Texas Elections: 94.15%
Securing elections from each citizen’s registration to the final count of legal votes by:Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Requiring the Counties and the Secretary of State to update the voter rolls at least quarterly.
Requiring a mandatory photo ID for every election, without exception.
Restricting mail-in ballots to disabled, military, and eligible citizens who are out of their county for the entire voting period.
Using only hand-marked, sequentially numbered paper ballots on anti-counterfeiting paper that are signed on the back by the election official at the voting location.
Standardizing in-person voting, with early voting limited to a period of no longer than nine (9) days, no gap before Election Day, and assigned-precinct voting locations only.
Counting ballots in precinct using a dumb-scanner method as soon as the ballot is returned by the voter and with publication of the results prior to submission to the County.
Closing party primaries for only registered Republicans.
Explicitly codifying the ability of the Attorney General to prosecute violations of the Election Code.
Removing existing Secretary of State waivers to comply with current Election Code.
Stop Sexualizing Texas’ Kids: 91.78%
Stopping the sexualization of minors, which leads to abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, by:Prohibiting taxpayer funding to any entities that permit or promote sexually inappropriate content to minors and legislatively banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender ideology in schools and libraries.
Repealing affirmative defenses in Texas Penal Code (43.24, 43.25) and redefining “harmful materials” to remove loopholes provided by the modified Miller Test.
Establishing an independent Inspector General for Education to investigate fraud, waste, abuse, and criminal conduct within schools and refer findings to prosecutorial authorities.
Compelling superintendents to report sex crimes within schools to outside law enforcement and removing immunity from civil liability for schools and their employees.
No Democrat Chairs: 87.30%
The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature shall end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats and require all committees to be majority Republican.
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying 86.66%
Prohibiting all forms of taxpayer-funded lobbying, including the use of tax dollars to hire lobbyists and payment of tax dollars to associations that lobby the Legislature.
Secure the Electric Grid: 83.49%
Securing the integrity of Texas electricity production and delivery of abundant, reliable, and resilient energy, ensuring that the Texas grid can withstand any natural or manmade threat to include weather, cyber, physical, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMD).
Texas is Not for Sale: 83.14%
Banning the sale of real property in Texas, and discontinuing taxpayer funding and incentives, to governments, entities, and proxies of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, and to individuals from these nations who are not legal permanent residents or citizens of the United States.End Federal
Overreach: 80.70%
Resisting unconstitutional federal acts and mandates that restrict transportation, including mandatory kill switches in vehicles, road diets, and restrictions on the owner’s right to repair vehicles and equipment. Ensuring that Texans have medical freedom and can give or withhold consent for any vaccine or medical treatment without coercion, are not discriminated against based on vaccine status, and are not faced with any vaccine or medical mandate by public or private entities.These priorities were chosen by delegates at the state convention, May 23-25, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. Delegates were presented with a list of 15 topics selected by the Legislative Priorities Committee after a comprehensive review of resolutions passed at the precinct and senate district levels of the convention process. Delegates were allowed to vote on 8 topics, which became the official Legislative Priorities of the Republican Party of Texas.
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