Michael Williams for U.S. Congress

We are proud to announce the first members of the Michael Williams for Congress Travis County Leadership Team. 

The team is made up of Travis County business leaders, current and former elected officials, GOP officials, Tea Party leaders, Republican Women, precinct chairmen, public personalities and every day central Texans who believe Michael Williams is the best candidate to represent Travis County in the U.S. Congress.

These Texans know that this is the most important election in our lifetime and we have to get it right.  We must send genuine conservative leaders with a record of standing up to the liberals in Washington. Michael Williams is that leader and now is his time. 

Michael has a record of actually making government smaller, doing more with less and standing firm on his principles when the pressure is on. 

Travis County makes up the largest bloc of Republican voters in the 25th Congressional District. This leadership team will help deliver Travis County to Michael Williams.

This team is growing every day and we want you on this list.  Join Michael's campaign today. Here's how: 

• Email the campaign to give your endorsement and join our list!
• Make an online contribution
• Call the voters of CD25 from your home. The sign up is simple and only take a second.
• MobilePhone Bank!  Call voters from your cell phone! Text CALL4MICHAEL to 28124 to opt in. (standard text message rates apply). This is a simple way to phone bank on the go!
• Email the campaign to join an evening phone bank.
• Forward this email to your personal email list of friends, family & co-workers. There is no better way to influence voters than personal appeals from people you know.

Early Voting begins in only 6 weeks, May 14th - 25th. We have to get to work! Let's send Michael Williams to Washington!

Thank you!

Michael Williams for Congress 

Travis County Leadership 

Steve Hicks, Treasurer 

Linda McCaul, Austin 

Bill Crocker, RNC National Committeeman-Texas

The Honorable Gerald Daugherty, Former Travis County Commissioner 

The Honorable Terry Keel, Former State Representative and Travis County Sheriff 

Alan Sager, Travis County Republican Party, Former Chairman 

Roger Borgelt, Travis County Republican Party, Vice Chairman

Heather Liggett, Austin Tea Party, Founder & Organizer 

Kim Chambers

Peggy Venable, Americans For Prosperity-Texas, President

Jan Duncan, Travis County Precinct Chairman

Joshua Perry, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Mariela Marquez Singh, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Kevin Pakenham, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Jack Otto, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Russell Gallahan, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Tyler Norris, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

John Gillis, Travis County Precinct Chairman

Bobby Freeman, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Mickey Bentley, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

T.J. Scott, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

John Lange, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Andy Shuvalov, Precinct Chairman

Burt Pigg, Travis County Precinct Chairman 

Joe Bruzzone, Travis County Precinct Chairman

Ben Crenshaw, Austin

Andrea McWilliams, Austin

Ed Clements, Austin

Patrick Starley, Austin

Roger Keats, Austin

Oliver Bell, Austin

Kline Boyd, Austin

Click for more to read the initial list of Travis County supporters.

We have been friends of Michael for many years.  While he served on the Railroad  Commission regulating Texas’ oil and gas industry, we kept a keen eye on Michael and can tell you firsthand – he kept a close eye on your tax dollars, ensuring they were spent wisely and only when necessary.  He cut the size of the Railroad Commission and made it more efficient, doing more with less, even as oil and gas production skyrocketed in Texas.  And it is a rare thing to find a public servant who has never accepted a pay raise.  Michael Williams never did, in over a decade.

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Our campaign is honored today to announce the support of State Representative Jason Isaac.  

Representative Isaac represents HD45, which includes all of Hays County, a key block of voters in the 25th Congressional District.  His support will be vital to helping Michael Williams win this race.  Isaac joins a host  of conservative and Republican leaders in Hays County who have already thrown their support behind Michael, making Hays County a stronghold for our campaign.  

Rep. Isaac said of Michael:

Former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams today issued the following statement regarding the settlement between the EPA and Range Resources dismissing all issues regarding the imminent and substantial endangerment order to protect drinking water in southern Parker County it filed in December 2010.

“I have maintained from the very beginning of this case that the EPA was once again overreaching and engaged in a purposeful witch hunt against Texas natural gas producers.  There was not then nor now, as EPA’s dismissal demonstrates, evidence that shows that Range Resources in any way harmed drinking water in Parker County.  Thank goodness, Range Resources had the financial resources and the courage to fight back when they were threatened with such an outlandish charge.  We all owe Range Resources a debt of gratitude.”

Today, Justin Hewlett, the Mayor Cleburne, Texas and Republican candidate for Congressional District 25 offered to give former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams a personal tour of the district.  Michael Williams' Campaign Manager Will Fullerton responded with the following statement:

"Mayor Hewlett is extremely kind. Michael accepts his offer. While 140,000 Texans in CD25 voted for Michael for a third time in 2008, he appreciates the Mayor's offer to introduce him to new voters. How does next week sound?

Mayor Hewlett can reach me at wfullerton@williamsfortexas.com to schedule the tour."

Commissioner Michael Williams has won three Republican Primary elections and three General Elections in the state of Texas, earning more than 12,200,000 votes in those elections.  Justin Hewlett was elected Mayor of Cleburne 17 months ago with 1,137 votes.

Elected officials and those who wish to serve in elected office should be held to a higher standard. This includes the candidates' income. Former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and his wife Donna have released their 2011 personal income tax statement for the second year in a row and calls on his fellow Republican candidates for Texas' 25th Congressional district to join him.

While many voters may have no interest at all, some do care to know how their elected officials make ends meet. Michael and Donna Williams, an engineer at the Parsons Corporation, jointly filed and reported $337,436 in adjusted gross income.  They contributed over 10% of their income to various charities including The Potter's House Church, Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, the United Way, the Burleson Pregnancy Aid Center and the Heritage Foundation.

Additionally, while Michael served on the Texas Railroad Commission, he never once accepted a pay raise in over a dozen years, stating "I knew what the job paid when you hired me." And he is one of very few elected officials who opted to resign his current post before seeking another, refusing to run for another office while actively serving Texans in another.

While on the Railroad Commission, Michael earned a reputation of not just talking about cutting the size of government, but actually doing it. He reduced the size of his agency, kept the budget in check, while doing more with less as oil and gas production skyrocketed in Texas. Some talk about fiscal conservatism and reducing the size of government, but few have a record of doing so like Michael Williams.

There are many fine Republicans seeking the nomination for Congress in District 25. Successful businessmen, conservative activists, mayors, even a lobbyist.  We hope all of the Republicans running for CD25 will join Michael and Donna in releasing their tax returns. 

The voters of Hays County and Texas Congressional District 25 deserve a consistent, courageous conservative leader representing us in the United States Congress. That leader is Michael Williams.

There is no better or stronger candidate to serve District 25 in the United States Congress than Michael Williams. We fully endorse his candidacy and pledge to help him win election in 2012.

Join his campaign today. Here's how:

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