Greetings fellow Patriots and Conservatives:
On September 17th, I had the honor of being elected the new Cameron County Party Chair with 33 of 34 votes cast by our precinct chairs during the Executive Committee meeting. My heart was well served to see such unity in our Party amongst those who run the gamut of social and fiscal views that our Party contains. It is a great thing to see that there was such commitment to the vision and direction I am committed to implementing and taking for not only the betterment of our party, but our community as well.
I was born and raised in Brownsville and am the proud daughter of a Hispanic mother, Patricia Cisneros Young, and father, Bill Young. I am above all my husband's wife and my child's mother and proud to call this county my home. There is nowhere else I would want to raise my family, and of the utmost importance to me is being able to look my children in the eye and honestly say that I did everything I could to ensure the world they inherit is better than the one I was born into.
Of course, such general statements and goals mean little without a clear vision to execute in order to achieve them. I would like to share with you a few of the many things I wish to accomplish in the interim without revealing too much to our detriment.
• Though I am personally committed to remaining neutral in contested Republican Primary races, I intend to do everything within my power to support and promote our candidates. They have assumed the mantle and the challenge of running as Republicans in Cameron County, which is a blue county despite the disparity between the values of our people and that of the party they choose to support and elect for the most part.
I plan to accomplish this by being in the frontlines with them, organizing public events, engaging the press so that their profile is raised, being visible and accessible, educating the public on why our candidates are the best choice to represent and serve them, and providing for our candidates as many tools possible to facilitate effective campaigning.
Though I pray for God's will to be done, I also am aware of our personal responsibilities as we stare down the barrel of the power of the Democrat straight ticket vote- which has been something many of them push for as opposed to promoting educated votes based on the virtues and suitability of the candidates seeking office.
• Oftentimes the dialogue and debates are about what one party or another is against. I would like to shift the dialogue to promoting what we affirm and what unites us as Americans. Family, and especially Judeo-Christian values, upon which our great nation was founded; small government, transparency, nurturing and creating an environment for our businesses to thrive and entrepreneurs to pursuit success, the preservation of our liberties as outlined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as God given and inalienable (as opposed to privileges awarded by the government which has appeared in Common Core materials across the nation), and a plethora of other great things are what I plan to educate the electorate on through public engagements, forums, aggressive use of social media and web based promotion, and above all- by walking the walk.
• I plan to be present at, and organize, events such as voter drives and Market Days, public meetings and community happenings. Being visible and approachable, distributing literature and voter guides, speaking at various schools and organizations are all examples of how I plan to engage the public and sell them on how our Party represents their social and fiscal interests best.
I will also be serving on the Elections Commission as County Chair, and will be vigilant and approachable.
• As conservatives we believe the private sector is the most effective agent for charity and serving our communities in need. Engaging local institutions and charities and organizing within our volunteers to support them in their charitable acts, drives, and causes is one of my major commitments in the months to come.
• Diversifying our membership is incredibly important. Being bilingual (though not infallibly I admit) and born into a Hispanic family and culture, I have been blessed with a loving and supportive extended family with our rich culture and heritage. I can not emphasize enough the truth of Reagan's quote that "Hispanics are Republicans. They just don't know it yet."
Though I know many Hispanics who are aware of the fact that they are Republicans and vote as such, historically our community has been sold time and again that the Democratic Party represents their interests. This is not true.
By collaborating with grassroots groups such as the Federation of Hispanic Republicans, community outreach and education of the public, diversification will happen. Our county is by far a majority Hispanic, and the demographics of our party should reflect that because, after all, our values as a party and as a community are the same. We value family and the freedom to pursue happiness through hard work and striving to better ourselves and want elected representatives who uphold and act on those principles.
• As a member of the Federation of Young Republicans, and the Executive VP of the local federated YR group, I intend to guide, foster, and facilitate the outreach efforts to bring in and prepare the next generation of Republicans for their role in many capacities for our great nation's future.
These are only a few of the things I must do in addition to the administrative responsibilities involved with chairing the party, which I am committed to fulfilling in accordance with the law as well with the ethics, values, and virtues of a Conservative.
God bless each and every one of you. I look forward to the days to come and the opportunity to represent and serve not only for he betterment of our local party but ultimately for our community through these initiatives.
Respectfully,
Morgan Graham
Chairman
Cameron County Republican Party
MorganGrahamGOP@gmail.com
