Hello, True Texans!

What a great weekend!  On Saturday we hosted our TTP Day of Action and called on True Texans across the state to get out and help campaign.  I'll be honest and admit my expectations were low.  It seems like nobody wants to do the hard work of campaigning anymore.  I think they assume candidates will pay someone to do it.  But I remember when we first started this organization in 2009, we knew blockwalking was how to win elections... and we won a lot of them by showing up every Saturday, no matter the weather. Long story short... I didn't think many would show up today, but I was wrong!  This is one time I'm very happy to be wrong.  Thank you, True Texans! Here are just a few pics shared with me early on.  There are more, but not in time to make it into this newsletter.

Collin County starting with prayer for Jeff Forester

Wise County out for Andy Hopper

Montgomery County walking for Steve Toth

Bay Area True Texans supporting Scott Bowen

Denton County showed up for Larry Brock

All of these groups and more (we had 13 in all) also distributed our True Texas Project voting recommendations along with the candidate information.  They look like this:

You can find our recommendations for around 200 counties at truetexasproject.com/elections.  And for those counties where we have satellites and home groups, we have printable flyers like the one above available for your to download, print, and share. Remember, early voting starts in 9 days! You cannot take your phone into the poll booth with you, but you can take our printable lists!  For those counties without printable copies, just jot it down or print off a screen shot.

With this being a big election year, lots of you have concerns about election integrity.  Here's an opportunity to not just worry, but to make a difference.  

This week at a glance... 
I don't know if we could squeeze anything more into this week! And please note: it's not too late to get a last minute ticket for our Year of the Patriot Conference on Saturday!  Be our Valentine!  

• Monday, 2/9 - Monthly Meetings in the following locations:
  Tarrant County, Mayes Middleton for AG & Bo French for RR Commish
  Post Meeting Dinner Social in Tarrant
  Hill Country, The Trillion Dollar Cost of College Cop-out with Scot Baker
  Post Meeting Dinner Social in Hill Country

• Tuesday, 2/10 - Monthly Meetings in the following locations:
  Brazos Valley, Candidate "Speed Dating" Forum
  Rio Grande Valley, Carrie Moore for SBOE 2
  Williamson County, The Trillion Dollar Cost of College Cop-out w/ Scot Baker
  Coffee Social in Denton County

• Thursday, 2/12 - Monthly Meetings in the following locations:
  Dallas County, Taking Control of Your Local School Board w/Andrew Yeager
  Bexar County, Brandon Herrera for TXD23 & Aaron Reitz for AG
  Lubbock County, The Burden of TX Taxpayers, Andrew McVeigh
  Collin County, Carlos Turcios, Defeating DEI
• Friday, 2/13 - Pre-Conference Dinner Social in Shenandoah
  TTP@Home meeting in Denison
• Saturday, 2/14 - True Texas Project Year of the Patriot Conference, The Woodlands, Happy Valentine's Day!
  TTP@Home meeting in Cross Plains
  Coffee Social in Beaumont Area

It's a crazy week for me and Fran this week!  For those looking to find time with us, we will be at the following TTP functions...

• Julie: Feb 9 meeting in Tarrant, Feb 12 meeting in Dallas (w/ Fred), Feb 13 dinner in The Woodlands, Feb 14 YOTP Conference
• Fran: Feb 9 meeting in Tarrant, Feb 12 meeting in Collin, Feb 13 dinner in The Woodlands, Feb 14 YOTP Conference

Monthly TTP podcasts

A new podcast released on Friday!  Fran and I chatted with a patriot entrepreneur about the responsibilities we all have to support America and Texas.

All our episodes are available by clicking the blue bar below.  You can watch and subscribe on YouTube, Rumble, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the OBBM Network! 

Speaking of patriot business owners, we have another new one for our sponsor list on our website.  Please welcome Patrina Bullard, Realtor!  You can find her and all the other True Texan sponsors on our list of Patriot-Owned Business Sponsors on our website.  Show them some love!

We are all stronger when we work together -- whether that be helping campaigns, volunteering at meetings, showing up at the Capitol, running a business or supporting a business. You guys truly make Texas an awesome place to live.  Thank you!

For the love of Texas,
Julie McCarty, CEO

PS.  February's announcement video has been added below!

The Bottom Line:

CONTACTS:
Reach out to the directors listed below to get more info on a meeting near you, or with any other question or comment about True Texas Project, activism, or politics.  If they don't know the answer, they will help you find it!

• Bay Area (multiple counties in the S Harris area) - Phil Ratisseau
• Beaumont Area (multiple counties in Beaumont area) - Shilo Platts
• Bexar County - Greg Switzer
• Brazos Valley (multiple counties in Bryan/College Station) - Cathy Viens
• Cross Timbers (multiple counties in Granbury area) - Monica Brown
• Collin County - Sheila Patterson or Rodney Wilson
• Dallas County - Fred McCarty
• Denton County - Jennifer White
• Harris County NW - Jennifer Kratky or Cheila McKay
• Hill Country (multiple counties in Austin area) - Calvin Watson or Gerry Ward
• Katy Area (multiple counties in Katy area) - Art Hernandez or Lauren Heese
• Lubbock County - Jim Baxa
• RGV Sector (multiple counties in Rio Grande Valley) - Bonnie Brown
• Tarrant County - Shelia Franklin or Randy King
• Williamson County - Jim Steele
• TTP@Home groups (currently in Burleson, Cross Plains, Decatur, Denison, Ennis, Forney, Lampasas, Lubbock, Kingwood, and NRH -- plus Huntsville coming soon!) - Julie McCarty