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Dixie Clem is our TFRW Woman of Distinction for May 2020. Dixie Clem has been honored with the title of “Queen Mother” of the Collin County Republican Party, and beginning in 1969 when she became executive director of the party, she truly was, and even today remains a very active participant in all things keeping Collin County and Texas Red! Dixie Clem was born in Booneville, Arkansas, where she grew up and attended school.  She met her husband, Emmitt, when they were...

Jody Rushton is our TFRW Woman of Distinction for February 2020. Jody Rushton was born in McAllen, Texas, and she and her husband have lived all over the country. She says that “everywhere they moved her priorities were to find a church, a school, and a Republican Women’s club…not necessarily in that order!” After volunteering on her first campaign for Reagan/Bush in 1984, she has been involved in too many campaigns to name, at all levels, both as a leader and as...

Kit Whitehill is the founder and current president of the Coppell Republican Women and is the current TFRW First Vice-President. Kit has also served as the TFRW Community Engagement Chair and as the 2017 Convention Chair.  Kit is also a Dallas County Republican Party precinct chairman and served as the Party Secretary for 5 years.  She was recently appointed by Governor Abbott to serve on the Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority.  Kit was a delegate to the 2019 NFRW Convention and...

Karyn Brownlee serves on the Credit Union Commission for the State of Texas, as appointed by Governor Abbott. She spent 18 years in public education, seven as a teacher, and 11 as a campus principal in the highly rated Coppell ISD. Karyn has also worked as a professional leadership communications consultant, speech writer, professional speaker, blogger and voiceover artist.  As a member of the Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association, she was a conference presenter and leadership academy graduate. Karyn served as...

Who will ever forget the wonderful experience of holding the 32nd Biennial Convention in the beautiful city of Galveston at the Moody Gardens?! It was a week to remember, the weather was beautiful, and the water and sea breezes were the perfect backdrop for the TFRW Convention. I know, if you attended, you enjoyed the Sip, Shop, and Stroll in the Historic Strand. The opening session of the convention on Thursday set the pace for the rest of the convention. The...

Texas Federation of Republican Women 13740 N Highway 183 J4, Austin, TX 78750 512.477.1615     January 30, 2018   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 CONTACT:   [email protected]                                                                                                                www.tfrw.org                     TFRW Stands with President Trump  in his Call to Build  A Safe, Strong and United America Where Americans Work Together!   (AUSTIN, TX)  –   Karen Newton, president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), issued the following statement supporting  President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address:   President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address was inspiring, uniting and ...