The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization affiliated with the Republican Party which advocates for equal rights for LGBT+ Americans.
William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark Wells White,a Democrat who defeated Clements in the 1982 election only to lose his campaign for reelection in 1986.
Robert Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic. He served as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business from 2004 to 2019,where he remains the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics. On September 13,2018,he announced that he would retire from his position after his contract expired on June 30,2019. Hubbard previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1991 to 1993,and as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2003.
Melvin Floyd Sembler was an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as chairman of the board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler was the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
Alan Watson Steelman is an American businessman from Dallas who served as a Republican congressman from Texas between 1973 and 1977.
Robert Adam Mosbacher Jr. is an American businessman,founder of BizCorps,and the former head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush,Mosbacher was sworn in as the ninth president and chief executive officer of OPIC in October 2005.
Harold Clark Simmons was an American businessman,investor,and philanthropist whose banking expertise helped him develop the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyout (LBO) to acquire various corporations. He was the owner of Contran Corporation and of Valhi,Inc.,. As of 2006,he controlled five public companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange:NL Industries;Titanium Metals Corporation,the world's largest producer of titanium;Valhi,Inc.,a multinational company with operations in the chemicals,component products,Waste Control Specialists,titanium metals industries;CompX International,manufacturer of ergonomic products,and Kronos Worldwide,leading producer and marketer of titanium dioxide.
Ronna Eileen Romney is an American Republican politician and former radio talk show host.
Eric Tanenblatt is a U.S. Republican Party activist from the state of Georgia. He was a presidential elector in 2000 and 2004. He later served as Chief of Staff to Governor Sonny Perdue. Tanenblatt is currently a principal and head of the public policy practice at the global law firm of Dentons US LLP.
John L. Nau,III is the chairman and CEO of Silver Eagle Beverages,one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation. Silver Eagle employs more than 500 employees who service a territory that includes the greater San Antonio area in Bexar County and extends over 12 additional counties in southwest Texas. Silver Eagle Beverages distributes Grupo Modelo beers,a broad selection of national and local craft beers and several non-alcohol beverages and waters.
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place within all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories between February 1 and June 7,2016. These elections selected the 2,472 delegates that were sent to the Republican National Convention. Businessman and reality television star Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Calvin Howard Wilkins Jr. was an American businessman and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Edwin L. Cox was an American businessman.
Jeanne Linden Phillips is an American businesswoman and diplomat. She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003,under President George W. Bush.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush,the 43rd Governor of Florida,was formally launched on June 15,2015,coming six months after announcing the formal exploration of a candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for the President of the United States on December 16,2014,and the formation of the Right to Rise PAC. On February 20,2016,Bush announced his intention to drop out of the presidential race following the South Carolina primary. Had Bush been elected,he would have been the first president from Florida and the first sibling of a U.S. president to win the presidency himself.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Marco Rubio,who is currently the senior United States senator from Florida,was formally announced on April 13,2015,at an event at the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. Early polling showed Rubio,who was considered a potential candidate for Vice President by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012,as a frontrunner candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2016 since at least the end of the 2012 election. Rubio was the second Cuban American to run for president of the United States,with Republican Ted Cruz announcing his campaign three weeks earlier. He suspended his campaign on March 15,2016,after finishing second in Florida's primary.
George Seay is a Dallas,Texas-based businessman,co-founder and chairman of Annandale Capital,and conservative political leader. Seay previously served as Texas finance chairman for Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2012 Presidential campaign,and was a senior adviser to Marco Rubio's 2016 Presidential campaign. Seay is a 7th generation Texan and the grandson of Bill Clements,who served as the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. He serves on numerous boards and philanthropic groups,including The University of Texas McCombs School of Business Advisory Board,The Clements Center for National Security,The Texas-Israel Alliance,7th Generation Foundation,New Covenant Foundation,Hope Through Healing Hands and the Southwestern Medical Foundation.
George Brinton "Brint" Ryan,or G. Brint Ryan,is an American tax consultant and entrepreneur. His firm,Ryan LLC,is based in Dallas. Ryan is the chairman and chief executive officer of Ryan LLC,which advises companies on tax matters. As of 2022,the company was the largest indirect tax and property tax practice in North America and the seventh largest corporate tax company in the United States,with annual revenues of over $700 million.
The Trump Victory Committee was a joint fundraising committee for Donald J. Trump for President,the Republican National Committee (RNC),and 11 state Republican committees.
Kenneth Suggeet George II is an American businessman,politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from September 2,2019 to January 20,2021.
