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Bryan Daniel is Republicans’ best choice
In the Republican primary for Williamson County’s state House District 52, four candidates are hoping to replace Mike Krusee, who is retiring after 16 years in the Legislature.
All four have impressive credentials and solid involvement in Williamson County, and all point to their conservative convictions. The candidate with the best chance to take over Krusee’s important post in the Legislature is Bryan Daniel, an insurance company vice president from Georgetown who receives our endorsement.
Daniel, 37, was a staff member for former U.S. Rep. Larry Combest, R-Lubbock, and later an official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a USDA employee, he was involved with the Legislature on agriculture issues.
In addition to polishing his credentials as a pro-life, pro-family, no-tax conservative, Daniel notes that the issues that most concern his district are immigration, border security and funding for education. He promises intense scrutiny on those matters, as well as transportation, which has so engrossed Krusee in recent years. Daniel is also concerned about the growing need to find and conserve water in this booming state.
Daniel expects to raise more money than his three GOP challengers and has picked up cash from several political action committees. A Georgetown resident for seven years, Daniel grew up in Texas and has two degrees from Texas Tech University.
Also vying to replace Krusee is Dee Hobbs, a 32-year-old prosecutor in the Williamson County Attorney’s office. Hobbs grew up in Hutto and graduated from the University of Texas and Baylor University Law School.
He has been involved in Republican politics in Williamson County and once - when he was 18 - ran unsuccessfully for the Hutto school board. He is running a campaign based on community safety, transportation and education.
Vivian Sullivan, 55, a Round Rock school board member employed by the humanitarian group Mobile Loaves and Fishes that feeds the homeless, is also running. Sullivan is a former FBI agent and is active in the pro-life movement. She wants more money for public education but without raising taxes.
Sullivan said she is running a “personal campaign” and doesn’t expect to spend much money in the primary but says district voters know her from her campaign for and service on the school board.
The fourth candidate is John Gordon, 61, an engineer who has long been involved in GOP politics in Williamson County. He ran unsuccessfully for the Williamson County Commissioners Court in 1998 and is serving as his own consultant and treasurer in this election. Gordon fought the Round Rock school bonds several years ago and served as a consultant in Hutto’s fight against the Lower Colorado River Authority’s power lines. He has held county and precinct GOP offices, too.
Though all four candidates are conservative Republicans with solid bona fides in seeking to replace Krusee, Bryan Daniel looks to be the strongest and we encourage voters to support him. The winner will face Democrat Diana Maldonado in the November election.