Presidential candidate Nikki Haley releases names of Texas State Leadership Team

AUSTIN, Texas — Presidential candidate and former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley released the names of her Texas leadership team ahead of the March 5 elections, according to a news release from her campaign office.

The team is headed by former presidential candidate and Congressman Will Hurd and former Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price. A full list of members of her Texas team are below. 

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Haley is trailing frontrunner former President Donald Trump after caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the Virgin Islands. The Texas primary is part of Super Tuesday on March 5. 

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Here is a list of the members of the Texas leadership team:

1. Mayor Mattie Parker, Mayor of Fort Worth
2. Hon. Kyle Kacal and Marci Kacal, State Representative and Business Leader
3. Hon. Mac Thornberry, Former Member of Congress, 13th Congressional District, and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
4. Hon. Lamar Smith, Former Member of Congress, 21st Congressional District
5. Hon. Will Hurd, Former Member of Congress, 23rd Congressional District
6. Hon. Jeanne Johnson Phillips, Former U.S. Ambassador
7. Hon. Gregory Slayton, Former U.S. Ambassador
8. Hon. Hope Andrade, Former Texas Secretary of State
9. Ned Holmes, Former Texas Transportation Commissioner, Former Port of Houston Board, Business Leader
10. Hon. Joe Straus, Former Texas Speaker
11. Hon. Patricia Harless, Former State Representative
12. Hon. Linda Koop, Former State Representative
13. Hon. Dee Margo, Former Mayor of El Paso
14. Hon. Betsy Price, Former Mayor of Fort Worth
15. Hon. Florence Shapiro, Former State Senator
16. Arun Agarwal, Business Leader
17. Lucy Billingsley, Business Leader
18. Stacey Blakeley, CEO at The Policy Circle
19. Maria Garza Brown, Women for Nikki Texas
20. Harlan and Kathy Crow, Business Leaders
21. Gene Dawson, Business Leader
22. Helen Delavan, Community Leader
23. Marilyn & George DeMontrond, Community Leader, Business Leader
24. Mindy Ellmer, Women for Nikki Texas
25. Gil Hine, Business Leader
26. Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt, Business Leaders
27. Karen Johnson Rove, Women for Nikki Texas
28. Daniel Lubetzky, Business Leader
29. Mia Garza McCord, Women for Nikki Texas
30. John L. Nau, III, Business Leader
31. Roxann Neumann, Business Leader
32. Ellen Ramsey, Midland County Republican Women
33. Jenifer Sarver, Business Leader
34. Nancy Seliger, Women for Nikki Texas
35. Bryan Sheffield, Business Leader
36. Ed Whitacre, Business Leader
37. Fred Zeidman, Republican Jewish Coalition Board of Directors

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