Now Dans my man.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas As the top rated attorney and accomplished legislator
Dan Branch is far and away the most qualified candidate to be our next Attorney General said Dr. Johnny Lovejoy former Barry Smitherman supporter and current SREC
member while endorsing Dan Branch for Texas Attorney General. Lovejoy joins a host
of former Smitherman supporters - including SREC member Megan Higginbotham - in recently endorsing Branch.
In round one I backed Commissioner Barry Smitherman. Now Dans my man Lovejoy said.
Dr. Lovejoy is a hard-working and respected Texas Republican leader" Dan Branch said.
As a Texan with a keen sense of our states history and as a member of the State Republican Executive Committee Dr. Lovejoy knows that strong conservative leadership is necessary for Texas continued success. I am honored and grateful to receive the endorsement of Dr. Johnny Lovejoy.
Lovejoy joins a growing list of leading attorneys and many prominent law enforcement business health agriculture and grassroots leaders endorsing Dan Branch for Attorney General including:
Law Enforcement:
- The Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association PAC representing over 3700 law enforcement officers;
- The Texas Municipal Police Association representing over 20000 law enforcement officers;
Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Association representing the police officers who report to the Texas Attorney General;
- Houston Police Retired Officers Association representing over 1600 retired police officers;
- The Dallas Police Association representing over 4000 law enforcement officers;
- The San Antonio Police Officers Association representing over 2000 police officers and their families;
- The Lubbock Professional Police Association representing over 300 police officers and their families;
Leading Attorneys:
- Four former Texas Supreme Court Justices including former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former Chief Justice Thomas Phillips;
Ten former top legal advisers to Attorney General Greg Abbott;
- Thirteen attorneys that served as top legal and campaign advisers to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz;
- Former Courts of Appeals Justices John Cayce and Kent Sullivan;
- Eight conservative former U.S. Supreme Court clerks;
- Federalist Society leaders across Texas;
Agriculture:
- The Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND representing 580000 member-families;
- Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association TSCRA PAC representing over 16400 ranching families cattle producers and businesses;
Texas Forestry Association FORPAC representing more than 3000 members;
Health:
- The Texas Hospital Association HOSPAC representing over 369000 healthcare professionals;
Business:
The Texas Association of Builders HOMEPAC representing over 10000 members;
- The Texas Apartment Association representing over 10000 members;
Grassroots:
- A majority of the Texas House of Representatives Republican Caucus including the Tea Party Caucus Chairman;
- Members of the State Republican Executive Committee;
- Over 125 leaders and members of the Texas Federation of Republican Women and
- Over 30 Young Republican Federation leaders and grassroots activists across Texas
A lifelong Republican Branch has worked on behalf of numerous conservative causes including serving as an adviser to George W. Bushs presidential and gubernatorial campaigns an attorney on the Florida recount legal team a leader of the Reagan/Bush
re-election effort in Texas and an aide to U.S. Senator John Tower.
As a top rated attorney with more than three decades of experience Branch has risen to the highest levels of the legal profession serving as a judicial clerk and attorney for the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court practicing with some of the most respected lawyers in Texas starting his own law firm and helping to build one of Texas largest law firms.
An accomplished lawmaker Branch has a proven record of fighting for Texas getting results and making a difference. For the last decade Branch has served in the Texas House of Representatives where he has helped balance six budgets cut taxes and championed innovative reforms to reduce frivolous lawsuits and improve higher education. He has successfully sponsored laws defending the religious liberties and property rights of Texans from an overreaching federal government and authored landmark constitutional amendments to reduce the size of Texas government and make state government more transparent.
As Attorney General Branch says he will stand up to an overreaching federal government fight for open government and preserve limited government here in Texas.
Branch lives with his wife Stacey in Dallas and is the father of their five children.
