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PRESIDENT’S                                                      Newsletter






     September 2018 | www.tfrw.org                                                      Inspire. Unite. Achieve.

     September 14-15
     NFRW Fall (Annual) Board Meeting            President’s Message

     October 12
     TFRW Patron Event                                Get Voters to the Polls!

     October 12-13
                                                 Driving around the Houston area last week, I was
     TFRW Fourth Quarter Board Meeting
                                                 listening to a talk radio host describe the excitement
                                                 in the air when summer is over and the weather
                                                 becomes cool and crisp and the aroma of pumpkin spiced everything is
        Table of Contents                        in the air. This made me a little envious, until I found out her show was
                                                 broadcast nationally from Austin. I had to laugh to myself and thought,
     Get Voters to the Polls!            1       “do we live in the same state?” because it stays hot until about November
                                                 in Texas. There is no crisp, fall weather coming anytime soon and the only
     Work Hard, Play Hard!              2        weather that gets me excited this time of year is ‘whether’ or not Texas will
                                                 sweep the Democrats on November 6, 2018.
     Campaigns are in Full Swing        3
                                                 We are going to win in November, but the members of the TFRW must
     Salado Area Republican Women       5
                                                 be the leaders in getting voters to the polls to vote for our Republican
     Congratulations to our 100% Clubs!  6       candidates. We like to brag that everything is bigger in Texas, but not
                                                 voter turnout unfortunately. With data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas
     Review Your Club Bylaws            7        residents are ranked 47th in voter turnout; there are only fifty states. Texas
                                                 is at the bottom of the barrel. Texas residents are ranked 44th in voter
     32nd Biennial Convention           8
                                                 registration and only 32% of Texans aged eighteen to twenty-four, voted in
     2018 Patron Clubs                  8        the 2016 Presidential Election, the national average was 43%.

     2018 Patrons & Associate Patrons   9        Democrat primary turnout more than doubled since 2014, but not to fret,
                                                 as Republicans cast over 1.5 million votes in the primary compared to
     Help Victims of Human Trafficking   10      1 million votes cast by Democrats this primary season. We cannot become
                                                 complacent; we need to increase our momentum and double our voter
     End of Year Fundraising
                                                 turnout. We can start with Senate District 19 and make sure that Peter
     is Fundamental                     11
                                                 Flores wins this seat, then turn our attention to November.
     President Trump’s Proclamation
     Marks Women’s Equality Day        12           We are the motivators for our state, we are workers, and the

     Accepting Applications            13           members of the Texas Federation of Republican Women are

     September                         14           the reason Texas stays RED!

     NFRW Region 5 Meeting             16
     Patron Event                       17
                                                 Karen Cuneo Newton
                                                 President, T.F.R.W.
     Send Us Your Photos!

     Please email photos of your club’s events
     and activities to [email protected].
     Look for them in the next edition of the
     President’s Newsletter.
     PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER                                                  TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN
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