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Greg Abbott
Texas Attorney General; 2014 Candidate for Texas Governor
Jose Aliseda
Bee County District Attorney; Former State Representative
Ramón Alvarez
Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Rafael Anchia
State Representative; Chairman of the Trade and Intergovernmental...
Dick Armey
Former U.S. House Majority Leader
Kip Averitt
Former State Senator; Former Chair, Senate Natural Resources Committee
Brad Bailey
Co-founder and CEO of The Texas Immigration Solution
Tom Banning
CEO, Texas Academy of Family Physicians
Elisa Villanueva Beard
Co-CEO, Teach For America
Doyle Beneby
President and CEO, CPS Energy
Yasmin Bhatia
CEO, Uplift Education
Jeremy Bird
Senior Adviser, Battleground Texas
Brian Birdwell
State Senator; Vice Chairman of the Veteran Affairs and Military...
Adryana Boyne
2014 Candidate for Texas House of Representatives
Malachi Boyuls
2014 Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner
Dan Branch
State Representative; 2014 Candidate for Attorney General
George Bristol
Chairman, State Parks Advisory Committee, Texas Parks and Wildlife...
Michael Burgess
U.S. Representative
Fred Burton
Vice President for Intelligence, Stratfor
Donna Campbell
State Senator; Vice Chairwoman of the Nominations Committee
J Allen Carnes
Mayor of Uvalde; 2014 Candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Stefani Carter
State Representative; 2014 Candidate for Railroad Commissioner
Pia Carusone
Executive Director, Americans for Responsible Solutions
Phil Castille
President, University of Houston-Victoria
Joaquin Castro
U.S. Representative
Julián Castro
Mayor of San Antonio
Garnet Coleman
State Representative; Chairman of the County Affairs Committee
Chris Connealy
Texas State Fire Marshal
Jody Conradt
Former Women's Basketball Coach, The University of Texas at Austin
Christi Craddick
Texas Railroad Commissioner
Elena Craft
Health Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Myra Crownover
State Representative; Vice Chairwoman of the Energy Resources...
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator
Drew Darby
State Representative; Chairman of the Redistricting Committee
John Davidson
Health Care Policy Analyst, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Sarah Davis
State Representative
Wendy Davis
State Senator; Vice Chairwoman of the Open Government Committee
Deirdre Delisi
Former Chairwoman, Texas Transportation Commission
David Dewhurst
Lieutenant Governor
Libby Doggett
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy and Early Learning, U.S....
Dorit Donoviel
Deputy Chief Scientist, National Space Biomedical Institute
Robert Eckels
President, Texas Central High-Speed Railway; Former Harris County...
Rodney Ellis
State Senator; Chairman of the Open Government Committee
John Fainter
President and CEO, Association of Electric Companies of Texas; Former...
Blake Farenthold
U.S. Representative
Jessica Farrar
State Representative; Vice Chairwoman of the Judiciary and Civil...
Mike Feinberg
Co-Founder of KIPP
Gary Fickes
Tarrant County Commissioner; President, Texas High-Speed Rail and...
JoAnn Fleming
Executive Director, Grassroots America
Bill Flores
U.S. Representative
Daryl Fowler
DeWitt County Judge
Deborah Fowler
Deputy Director, Texas Appleseed
Peter Fox-Penner
Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group
Pete Gallego
U.S. Representative
George Georgiou
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Professor of...
Dana Gibson
President of Sam Houston State University
Larry Gonzales
State Representative
Gene Green
U.S. Representative
Mike Griffiths
Executive Director, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Wallace Hall
Regent, University of Texas System
Kent Hance
Chancellor, Texas Tech University System
Glenn Hegar
State Senator; Chairman of the Nominations Committee; 2014 Candidate...
Frank Hernandez
Dean, College of Education, University of Texas-Permian Basin
Tim Herrman
State Chemist of Texas
Sarah Hidalgo-Cook
Vice President for Rural Transportation, Texas Transit Association
Harvey Hilderbran
State Representative; 2014 Candidate for Texas Comptroller
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
State Senator; Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Patrick Hruby
Writer, Sports on Earth
Dan Huberty
State Representative
Laura Huffman
Urban Strategies Lead and Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Kyle Janek
Executive Commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services
Wallace Jefferson
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Eddie Lucio Jr.
State Senator; Vice Chairman of the Education Committee
Kyle Kacal
State Representative
Sarah Kerrigan
Vice Chairwoman, Texas Forensic Science Commission
Renu Khator
President, University of Houston; Chancellor, University of Houston...
Deborah Kimberly
Vice President for Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy
Tracy King
State Representative; Chairman of the Agriculture and Livestock...
Becky Klein
Former Chairwoman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Matt Krause
State Representative
Lyle Larson
State Representative; Vice Chairman of the Local and Consent...
Peter LeCody
President, Texas Rail Advocates
Ana Hernandez Luna
State Representative
Marisa Márquez
State Representative; Environmental Regulation Committee Vice...
Ray Martinez
Chancellor, WGU Texas
John McBeth
President, Texas Association for Community Transit; CEO, Brazos...
Julie McCarty
President, NE Tarrant Tea Party
Michael McCaul
U.S. Representative; Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee
Suzi McClellan
Former Public Counsel, Office of Public Utility Counsel
Debra Medina
Executive Director, We Texans
Doris Meissner
Former Commissioner, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Richard Middleton
Regional Vice President, College Board
Joe Moody
State Representative
Michael Morris
Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments
Steve Murdock
Former State Demographer; Former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
Tommy Muska
Mayor of West
Dan Neil
Former Professional and College Football player
Robert Nelsen
President, University of Texas-Pan American
Donna Nelson
Chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
Alfonso "Poncho" Nevárez
State Representative
Robert Nichols
State Senator; Chairman of the Transportation Committee
Beto O'Rourke
U.S. Representative
Rod Paige
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Raymund Paredes
Texas Higher Education Commissioner
Dan Patrick
State Senator; Chairman of the Public Education Committee; 2014...
Diane Patrick
State Representative; Vice Chairwoman of the Higher Education...
Jerry Patterson
Texas Land Commissioner; 2014 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Tom Pauken
Former Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission; 2014 Candidate for...
Ken Paxton
State Senator; 2014 Candidate for Attorney General
Aaron Peña
Former State Representative
Nina Perales
Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
Anita Perry
First Lady of Texas
Marjorie McColl Petty
Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Larry Phillips
State Representative; Chairman of the Transportation Committee
Ben Philpott
Host, Agenda Texas, KUT-FM
Joe Pickett
State Representative; Chairman of the Homeland Security and Public...
Bill Powers
President, The University of Texas at Austin
Robert Puente
President and CEO, San Antonio Water System
Leticia Van de Putte
State Senator; Chairwoman of the Veterans Affairs and Military...
Mike Rawlings
Mayor of Dallas
Vikrant Reddy
Policy Analyst, Center for Effective Justice, Texas Public Policy...
Cyrus Reed
Conservation Director, Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club
Ana Reyes
City Council Member, Farmer's Branch
José Rodríguez
State Senator; Vice Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee
Lauren Rose
Juvenile Justice Policy Associate, Texans Care for Children
Carlos Rubinstein
Chairman, Texas Water Development Board
Nicolas Rubio
President, Cintra US
David Sassoon
Founder and Publisher, InsideClimate News
Barry Scheck
Co-Founder, The Innocence Project
David Schenck
Former Deputy Attorney General; Partner, Dykema Law Firm
Kel Seliger
State Senator; Chairman of the Higher Education Committee
Eva Sevick
Director, Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Texas Health...
Carol Shattuck
President and CEO, Collaborative for Children
Bryan Shaw
Chairman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Ben Shepperd
President, Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Carter Smith
Executive Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Lamar Smith
U.S. Representative
Barry Smitherman
Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission; 2014 Candidate for Attorney...
Hans von Spakovsky
Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation; Manager, Election Law Reform...
Laura Spanjian
Sustainability Director, City of Houston
Todd Staples
Texas Agriculture Commissioner; 2014 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Jonathan Stickland
State Representative
Bill Stockton
Executive Associate Director and Chief Research Officer, Texas A&M...
Joe Straus
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Sylvester Turner
State Representative; Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee
Fred Underwood
Texas Transportation Commissioner
Mark Updegrove
Director, LBJ Presidential Library
Carlos Uresti
State Senator; Vice Chairman of the Select Redistricting Committee
Joe Vega
Mayor of Port Isabel; Deputy Director, Cameron County Parks
Jason Villalba
State Representative
Mike Villarreal
State Representative; Chairman of the Investments and Financial...
Pat Wasley
CEO, Teaching Channel
Kirk Watson
State Senator; Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Committee
Royce West
State Senator; Jurisprudence Committee Chairman
Bill White
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy; Former Houston Mayor; 2010...
Kathleen Hartnett White
Former Chairwoman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Michael Williams
Commissioner, Texas Education Agency
Roger Williams
U.S. Representative
Tommy Williams
State Senator; Chairman of the Finance Committee
Phil Wilson
Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
George Wright
President of Prairie View A&M University
John Zerwas
State Representative; Chairman of the General Investigating and...
Jiajie Zhang
Dean, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health...