1982
Involved in State Representative Rand Pennington’s re-election. He was Esther’s state representative and very conservative. He and his wife Paula attended the same church, Sagemont Baptist Church with Esther. Esther did not stay in that church long due to her commitment to the newly formed Chinese church. We invited them over for Chinese dinner in both February 81 and 82.
Meanwhile, Esther also supported Buster Brown’s reelection as state senator.
Vicki recruited Esther for Congressman Jimmy Collins’ bid for the US Senate. Esther arranged him to meet the Asian leaders and newspaper publishers on April 11, 1982.
Esther also supported Mike Faubion for US Congress since the incumbent was a Democrat. Hosted the first event for them at home on Feb. 6, 1982.
As a result of Esther’s contribution to the Party she felt it’s time for her to serve on some national educational committees where she could share her expertise with certain decision makers. Thus, she continued her efforts with input from Mr. John Wu of the US Dept. of Education. He was then the deputy assistant secretary of Adult Education and the highest ranking Chinese in the Reagan’s administration at that time. No other Chinese American people had held higher position than his.
Esther was a delegate to the Senatorial district #11 convention on May 15, 1982 and delegate to the state convention in Austin, from September 10 to 11 after two years of active involvement in the party. At that time the governor was Bill Clements and George Strake was running for Lt. Governor. He lost the race and later became the GOP state chair and supported Asian’s participation greatly. At that time, Russ Mather served as the County GOP Chair. Russ supported the Asian group and allowed Esther to use the county office for their planning meetings for special events.
Like OCA Houston Chapter, Esther founded the Texas Chapter of Asian American National Republic Federation (TAANRF) under the Asian American National Republican Federation (AANRF) in 1982. Since she organized the group again, she let other people take the leadership role as she did with the OCA chapter. This time with great efforts she was able to fine an old timer Chinese Americans from Houston Chinatown. Traditionally, Chinese Americans either foreign born or American born tended to vote for Democrat not Republican. Thus, it was not easy to get the old timers involved. She had to rely on the new immigrants including all Asian groups, i.e., Singh from India and Southeast Asian refugees. She invited Bill Ong, a native Houstonian Chinese to serve as the first chairman while she served as program coordinator for the 500 people event held at the Adams Mark Hotel, Sunday, October 24, 1982, 7:00-10:00 pm. She invited all the 1982 GOP statewide candidates and office holders. She delivered an opening speech. Mrs. Chennault was invited for this inaugural event. This was the first time Esther met Anna Chennault.
Involved in State Representative Rand Pennington’s re-election. He was Esther’s state representative and very conservative. He and his wife Paula attended the same church, Sagemont Baptist Church with Esther. Esther did not stay in that church long due to her commitment to the newly formed Chinese church. We invited them over for Chinese dinner in both February 81 and 82.
Meanwhile, Esther also supported Buster Brown’s reelection as state senator.
Vicki recruited Esther for Congressman Jimmy Collins’ bid for the US Senate. Esther arranged him to meet the Asian leaders and newspaper publishers on April 11, 1982.
Esther also supported Mike Faubion for US Congress since the incumbent was a Democrat. Hosted the first event for them at home on Feb. 6, 1982.
As a result of Esther’s contribution to the Party she felt it’s time for her to serve on some national educational committees where she could share her expertise with certain decision makers. Thus, she continued her efforts with input from Mr. John Wu of the US Dept. of Education. He was then the deputy assistant secretary of Adult Education and the highest ranking Chinese in the Reagan’s administration at that time. No other Chinese American people had held higher position than his.
Esther was a delegate to the Senatorial district #11 convention on May 15, 1982 and delegate to the state convention in Austin, from September 10 to 11 after two years of active involvement in the party. At that time the governor was Bill Clements and George Strake was running for Lt. Governor. He lost the race and later became the GOP state chair and supported Asian’s participation greatly. At that time, Russ Mather served as the County GOP Chair. Russ supported the Asian group and allowed Esther to use the county office for their planning meetings for special events.
Like OCA Houston Chapter, Esther founded the Texas Chapter of Asian American National Republic Federation (TAANRF) under the Asian American National Republican Federation (AANRF) in 1982. Since she organized the group again, she let other people take the leadership role as she did with the OCA chapter. This time with great efforts she was able to fine an old timer Chinese Americans from Houston Chinatown. Traditionally, Chinese Americans either foreign born or American born tended to vote for Democrat not Republican. Thus, it was not easy to get the old timers involved. She had to rely on the new immigrants including all Asian groups, i.e., Singh from India and Southeast Asian refugees. She invited Bill Ong, a native Houstonian Chinese to serve as the first chairman while she served as program coordinator for the 500 people event held at the Adams Mark Hotel, Sunday, October 24, 1982, 7:00-10:00 pm. She invited all the 1982 GOP statewide candidates and office holders. She delivered an opening speech. Mrs. Chennault was invited for this inaugural event. This was the first time Esther met Anna Chennault.
