The Big Texas Podcast

RPT State Chairman James Dickey is taking on challenges that no state chairman has likely ever faced. In this episode, we talk about the RPT response to Coronavirus, what it's taken to get state convention postponed, the restarting of RPT Serves and, most importantly, why he is running for re-election.  

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Lt. Col. Allen West is a well-known national Conservative figure after being elected to Congress in 2010 representing a seat in Florida. Since leaving office, he has continued to advocate for Conservative causes, writing books on serving, and occasionally joining Fox News as a guest contributor. Now, he is running for State Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. On this episode, we discuss his campaign, as well as his thoughts on the state and national response to Coronavirus.

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Will Douglas is a young business owner who has seen first hand what burdensome regulations can do to an entrepreneur. Since the Coronavirus outbreak, the owner of several pharmacies struggled with the same tough decisions like every other small business owner, with the added twist of needing to continue providing health care to his customers. He's also the Republican candidate for Texas House District 113 and until recently, was working hard to get better acquainted with the communities in the district. Now, he's suspended his campaign to focus on his business, his employees and maintaining a standard of care for the patients who visit one of his pharmacies. 

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Sandra Whitten is running in Texas Congressional District 28 as a Republican challenger to incumbent-Democrat Henry Cuellar, who handily won his primary against a far-left leaning challenger. This episode, recorded before the primary and Coronavirus response, focuses on the issues Sandra was talking about with voters in the run-up to Super Tuesday. She was the lone Republican candidate and now looks to take on a well-funded incumbent congressman. 

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State Rep. Hugh D. Shine has served the Bell County area for two separate tenures in the Texas Legislature. In 1986, he was the first Republican since Reconstruction to flip the seat, serving from 1986-1991. He returned to the Legislature in 2017 and has experience serving on the House Ways & Means, Business & Industry and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues committees. In this episode, we discuss the current political climate, the pre-Coronavirus economy, and what Republicans did in the 80s to build momentum and eventually flip the state.

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Luisa Del Rosal is the Republican candidate vying to take on incumbent State Rep. John Turner, a freshman Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives. Rosal is running in one of several Texas House Districts targeted by Republicans in 2020. In this episode, Rosal shares what led her to jump in the race and what voters have been talking to her about since she hit the campaign trail in June 2019.

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Jeff McFarlin is fighting in a crowded Republican field to stand out in the race to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Will Hurd. In this episode, McFarlin talks about how his background in the oil & gas industry would make him uniquely qualified to serve TX-23, and also make him the most qualified Congressman on that issue if elected. We also discuss border security and what can be done to bring more manufacturing jobs to a vast district like TX-23.

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Dr. Tre Pennie is a U.S. Army veteran with 20 years of experience as a Sergent with the Dallas Police Department. His doctorate is in education, but his experience goes far from his upbringing in a neighborhood that was home to the launching pad for President George H.W. Bush's War on Drugs. Dr. Pennie is challenging incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson in the 2020 General Election.

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Mark Yancey is a Texas businessman who has spent his life building a career in the financial services industry. He's set all that aside to run for U.S. Senate, challenging 3-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn. On this episode, we get into the motivations for Yancey's decision to enter the race, the problems he see's with Washington's wasteful spending, and how he hopes to take on the issue if elected.

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Joshua Foxworth is a retired U.S. Marine who now works as an aerospace engineering contractor. The UT grad is turning his focus on Congress challenging incumbent Rep. Randy Weber in U.S. House District 14. Foxworth is a strong opponent of immigration, illegal and legal, and also wants to see affirmative action programs ended. 

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