Gary M. Polland
| Gary M. Polland | |
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| Chairman of the Republican Party in Harris County, Texas | |
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Assumed office 1996 |
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| Succeeded by | Jared Woodfill |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gary Michael Polland September 10, 1950 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Slipakoff Polland |
| Children |
Hal Micah Polland |
| Residence | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Hal Micah Polland
Gary Michael Polland (born September 10, 1950) is a Houston attorney who was from 1996 to 2002 the elected chairman of the Republican Party in Harris County, the largest county in population in the U.S. state of Texas.
He is the publisher of the Texas Conservative Review, which he issues periodically on the Internet. From 2001 to 2006, the politically conservative Polland cohosted with the liberal commentator David A. Jones a weekly one-hour program Texas Politics - The Real Deal on Houston Media Source. In 2006, Jones and Polland created a new show at the Public Broadcasting Service outlet in Houston, The Connection, Red, White & Blue, a half-hour discussion and interview show.
Under Polland's tenure as the Harris County Republican chairman, the GOP continued to win majorities in the county even if Republican candidates lost in the Houston corporate limits in contested races. Polland earned national recognition for his party's success from such publications as the national conservative weekly Human Events, which called him the most effective party chairman in the nation. Other publications in which Polland has been cited are the American Spectator, The Houston Chronicle, and Inside Houston Magazine.
Polland has been politically close to such Republicans as Karl Rove, the former chief advisor to former U.S. President George W. Bush; U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Governor Rick Perry, former Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, and Governor Greg Abbott. He is a leading fundraiser for Republicans, having secured more than $3.5 million for candidates and causes between 1996 and 2006.
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