Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today, Matt Bingham, Smith County Criminal District Attorney, announced his endorsement of Dan Branch for Attorney General in the May 27th Republican Primary Runoff.
“The Attorney General who succeeds Greg Abbott must be an attorney who is highly competent and who has a proven record of getting results for Texas,” Smith County Criminal District Attorney Matt Bingham said. “I am pleased to join law enforcement leaders like former Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith in endorsing Dan Branch for Attorney General.”
Over 200,000 East Texans in Tyler and throughout Smith County look to Matt Bingham as the attorney they trust to help protect their communities. Mr. Bingham joins leading East Texans in endorsing Dan Branch, including former Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith, Sheriffs Anthony Betterton (Upshur County), Tom McCool (Harrison County) and Jason Bridges (Nacogdoches County) as well as state Representatives Chris Paddie, George Lavender and Travis Clardy.
“Matt Bingham is a proven prosecutor and a leading voice in Texas law enforcement,” Dan Branch said. “I am honored and grateful for his endorsement.”
Mr. Bingham also joins a host of accomplished attorneys and law enforcement leaders from across Texas who have endorsed Dan Branch for Attorney General, such as former U.S. Attorney General and Texas Supreme Court Justice Al Gonzales, former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips and 2013 State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Section Prosecutor of the Year David Weeks.
Attorneys:
- 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;
- Four former Texas Supreme Court Justices, including former U.S. Attorney General Al Gonzales and former Chief Justice Tom Phillips;
- Former Courts of Appeals Justices John Cayce and Kent Sullivan;
- Eight conservative former U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Clerks;
- Federalist Society leaders across Texas;
Law Enforcement:
- Twenty-seven active Republican Texas Sheriffs, representing Texans from all regions of the state, as well as former President of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas and retired Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith;
- Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association PAC, representing over 3,700 law enforcement officers;
- Texas Municipal Police Association, representing over 20,000 law enforcement officers;
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT, representing over 18,500 members across Texas;
- Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Association, representing peace officers who report to the Texas Attorney General;
- Dallas Police Association, representing over 4,000 law enforcement officers;
- San Antonio Police Officers Association, representing over 2,000 police officers and their families;
- Houston Police Retired Officers Association, representing over 1,600 retired police officers;
- Lubbock Professional Police Association, representing over 300 police officers and their families;
A lifelong Republican, Dan Branch has worked on behalf of numerous conservative causes, including serving as an adviser to George W. Bush’s 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, Dan 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, Dan Branch has a proven record of fighting for Texas, getting results and making a difference. For the last decade, Dan 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 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, Dan Branch will stand up to an overreaching federal government, fight for open government and preserve limited government here in Texas.
Dan lives with his wife, Stacey, in Dallas and is the father of their five children.
