TRW members at the Governor's Mansion
Next Travis Republican Women Meeting
January 17, 2007
at Nuevo Leon 1501 East Sixth Street
$12.00 for lunch
12:00 (noon)- 1:00 pm

GOVERNOR PERRY
Remarks by Gov. Rick Perry on Election Night
After traveling to more than 100 cities, attending more than 400 events, and visiting with thousands of Texans over the course of this year, I am deeply humbled the people of Texas have chosen me to be their governor for four more years. It is a blessing and an honor to be governor of the greatest state in the nation, and to do so with my wife, Anita, and my children, Griffin and Sydney, by my side. There is nothing more invigorating than campaigning across this state and visiting with Texans about their hopes, concerns and dreams for the future. In the final analysis, campaigns are not about the candidates, they are about the people. Tonight the people have spoken, and I want you to know I have listened. To my opponents and their families, I wish the very best. We may have had different ideas, but we each one loves Texas very much. And I respect the sacrifice you have made to run for this office. I want to say something to every Texan that may be listening in tonight: whether you voted for me or another candidate, for the next four years it is my intention to serve you with humility, recognizing that Texas is better when we all work together. No party controls the government; it belongs to the people. It belongs to the single mom working to make ends meet, the young couple looking to own their first home without being taxed out of it, the children who come from broken families and failing schools. It belongs to the student looking to be the first in his or her family to go to college, the recovering addict trying to leave behind past despair to find future hope, the child who faces the future without a parent or a guardian. To each and every person looking for a future that is better than the past, whether you call yourself a Democrat, Republican or Independent, for the next four years I pledge to be your governor. When we walk off this stage tonight, we leave behind past acrimony and partisan rivalry for a greater good, which is to build a Texas of limitless possibility. Anything is possible in a Texas with great schools, safe communities and good jobs. We will continue to invest in our classrooms. We will dedicate the resources needed to help secure our border. And we will continue to rely on jobs and economic innovation-not higher taxes-to generate revenue for government. How do I know we can do this together? Because we have before. With the support of homeowners, employers and a former Democrat opponent of mine, we passed the largest tax cut in history, increased teacher pay and took school funding out of the courts. It was a bipartisan success, with more than 90 percent of the legislature, Republicans and Democrats alike, voting to cut taxes and increase school funding. I remain as optimistic about our future as I ever have. Perhaps it's the West Texas farmer in me who always knew a good rain was around the corner, and who always had faith that people would pull together. We have great challenges in this state. We have more than 600,000 schoolchildren that speak English as a second language, many of whom arrive in our schools behind. Too many families and small businesses cannot afford health insurance. And our border is too easily exploited by drug traffickers, human smugglers and criminal organizations. But no challenge is insurmountable. And I still have faith that our people will pull together. For those of us who have been blessed with strong families, good jobs and financial security, I want to say this: our blessings are never complete so long as they remain our own. Texas still needs men and women who "stand in the gap" for the meek and the vulnerable, and who look beyond their own lives to answer a calling greater than self. Today's victory must be about preparing for tomorrow's Texas. We must pull together, stand on the courage of our convictions, and extend opportunity to those who live in its shadow. The campaign is over, but our work has just begun.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless Texas.

NFRW
www.nfrw.org

New Generation/College Republican Women
In 2005, Indiana FRW launched New Generation Republican Women (NGRW) to give young Republican women a voice in the community and in statewide politics. This year, the NFRW has taken Indiana's program nationwide. The goal of this program is to help states establish New Generation Republican Women's clubs, which are geared toward women up to 40 years old, and College Republican Women's clubs, which are established on campuses and are led by and for students.

Travis County Republican Party News
Chairman’s Message November 10, 2006 First, I want to thank all of you for the work you did on behalf of our candidates. The phoning, door knocking, contributing, and other volunteering made an important difference to our party and our candidates. It’s great to be a Texas Republican. Republicans are in firm control of all 23 statewide offices. We retained our three sitting judges on the 3rd Court of Appeals. Congressmen Smith and McCaul go back to Congress. It is great to be a Texas Republican And there were some disappointments in losing a couple of close local races. But I have been in politics too long to worry about the past. We Republicans will always have a great future. Since I worked in my first Congressional Campaign in 1962 for a young pilot who just got out of the Navy named Donald Rumsfeld, I have seen the ebb and flow. In 1988 we had 2 Republican State Representatives in Travis and another we shared with Hays. After the 1990 election, we had none. In 1998, 4 of the 5 Hays County Commissioners were Democrats and before Tuesday night’s election 4 of 5 were Republicans. Now it is back to 4 of 5 Democrats. Dallas County went Democratic Tuesday night for the first time in more than 20 years. In politics, nothing is more permanent than change. George Will pointed out yesterday that in the first 160 years of our Republic, the Congress changed parties on average once every 8 years. Nationally, some of members of Congress lost their way. Reformers of 1994 were the insiders of 2006. Some sold their souls for money, other for earmarks and others for glory in liberal media. And as a result our party took a beating. But if you look at the ballot propositions around the country, conservatism won out almost unanimously, affirmative action ended in Michigan, property rights positions passed in numerous states, traditional marriage was supported in 7 of the 8 states where it was on the ballot, and Arizona voted to make English the state language. We are now on the other side. Many Congressional races were decided by very few votes and the Democrats who won will be hard pressed to keep them with no Bob Ney, or Duke Cunningham or Jack Abramoff or Mark Foley to flaunt or to use to smear their Republican opponent. The problems in Iraq , by themselves, did not defeat us. Our own misdeeds, conceit and movement from what we have always stood for did. So back to the basics. We are the party that freed the slaves, gave women the right to vote, ended the cold war and defended America against Islamo-fascists. We are the party of accountability and life, family and faith, and real equal opportunity for everyone. In the exit polls on Tuesday, 32% of the voters said they were conservative and only 20% said they were liberal, so we have a tremendous opportunity in the next two years to retake the lost ground. Our enemies may bask in the sun of this temporary Democrat ascendancy, but we will be back in 2008. I hope you will continue to be active over the next two years to help us make sure the next Speaker of the House and Majority Leader of the Senate has an R beside their name and Travis County has more local Republican officials. Thank you again. Alan Sager, JD, PhD Chairman, Travis County Republican Party

Republican Cookbooks On Sale
Capitol Cooks: Republican Recipes for the Holidays, published by the Travis Republican Women, is on sale now for a contribution of only $10.50 (plus $2.00 shipping). The cookbook features recipes from prominent Texas Republicans, including First Lady Anita Perry. Visit www.travisrw.org, click on TRW Cookbook Order Form, or email Darden Deviney at darden@pobox.com for more information

TRW COOKBOOK ORDER FORM

TFRW
2006 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE COMPETITION Sponsored by the Honorable David Dewhurst Check your club's statistics... here Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, a LONG time supporter of TFRW, announces his statewide Membership Drive competition again for the 2006 membership year. Your goal is to achieve the highest percentage increase in your 2006 membership numbers based on your total reported (paid) membership in 2005. The winners will be announced in March 2007 at the TFRW Legislative Day and will receive the following: Monetary winning levels: § Small club (10 to 30 members) - 1st place $750, 2nd place $500 and 3rd place $250 § Medium club (31 to 60 members) - 1st place $1000, 2nd place $750 and 3rd place $500 § Large club (61 to 100) - 1st place $1250, 2nd place $1000 and 3rd place $750 § Jumbo (101 to 200 members) - 1st place $1500, 2nd place $1250 and 3rd place $1000 § Super Jumbo (201 members and up) - 1st place $1750, 2nd place $1500 and 3rd place $1250 Category placement is based on your club's reported (paid) year-end club membership total for 2005. Dinner in Austin hosted by Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst to acknowledge your successful Membership increases. The Guests of Honor for dinner will be the following officers and spouses from each of the fifteen winning clubs; President, Vice President, Membership, Treasurer and/or PAC Treasurer and Secretary. Total officers attending from your club cannot exceed five (5), not including spouses. This contest was a HUGE success last year, helping us bring our membership to over 12,500 for the first time ever! Let's get behind this again and pass 13,000.
Club #Chartered# SD# County# YTD# 2006 2005 Increase
Young Co. RW 1998 30 Young 88 32 175.000%
Kaufman Co. RW 1986 2 Kaufman 86 43 100.000%
Spirit of Freedom RW 1986 17 Fort Bend 107 60 78.333%
Sandpiper RW 1994 17 Galveston 59 39 51.282%
RW of Houston Co. 1990 5 Houston 49 33 48.485%
Wichita Co. RW 1993 30 Wichita 75 55 36.364%
RW of Gregg Co. 1980 1 Gregg 61 46 32.609%
Bush Legacy RW 2005 30 Parker 66 50 32.000%
Travis RW 1968 14 Travis 43 35 22.857%