Not Travis Allen: Why I Choose Steve Frank for CAGOP Chairman

Someone emailed me earlier today about the CAGOP Chairman race in February 2019.

This person was promoting Travis Allen as the next CAGOP Chairman. I voted for him for Governor in the Primary. I was an active supporter of his campaign to represent us in Sacramento as our chief executive.

Sadly, he didn't win.

Now he wants to be the next chairman? No thank you. We need a different type of person for that kind of job.

I responded with the following letter

I voted for Travis Allen for Governor, but I am not supporting him for Chairman.

Here are the reasons why:

1. He sponsored his "Take California Back" PAC to help other Republicans get elected. Now he is using that same money to push his bid for Chairman.
2. He supports Prop 14, as he had announced at one CAGOP Convention that he would not have gotten elected without it. He ran against another Republican in 2012 for his assembly seat (AD-72), who was the "establishment" pick. He doesn't think he could have defeated his challenger in the primary?
3. Travis is ... all about Travis. The fact is that he is not a team player or a team builder. He promotes himself, which is necessary when you are running for statewide office -- but Chairman is not for a celebrity. I have heard this from other lawmakers as well as party operators throughout the state.
4. He is using the Chairmanship to launch a second bid for Governor in 2022. CAGOP offices are not for people seeking another office in the future. They are an office to help other people get elected to higher office.

Who AM is supporting?

His name is Steve Frank.

Here are the reasons why:

1. He has extensive experience as a CONSERVATIVE activist. He has fought against the CAGOP Party Establishment repeatedly.
2. He is one of the few consistent voices on the floor of the Convention who has challenged the misuse of power and ignorance of the state party by-laws.
3. For me personally, he was there to support me when RPLAC revoked the Beach Cities Republicans charter for no reason. He has routinely exposed the internal politics which has made the CAGOP ineffective and irrelevent.
4. He has helped many people organize to win elections. He even provides primers to assist candidates to get elected.
5. His newsletter, California Political Review, is read by millions throughout the state of California. He reports on news and issues which would come and go without another look if not for his newsletter.
6. He is not only well-traveled, but well-connected with conservative activists, central committees, and grassroots organizations throughout the state.
7. He served as a GOP Electoral for Ronald Reagan in 1980 -- he has a long history and deep roots within the California Conservative Movement
8. He started the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, which has been growing strong since then. They are the premier conservative institution which holds the California and National Republican Parties to their conservative credentials.
9. He is the only candidate who has consistently faulted the state party for failing to register voters, challenge voter fraud, and provide an option for voters in each legislative district, state and federal.
10. He is a full-on Trump supporter who is about building up everyone else.

Please share this information far and wide.

We need Steve Frank. Travis Allen is too inexperienced and too into himself for this position.

The latest Establishment candidate to jump into the race, Jessica Patterson, is completed funded by special interest money and the DC Swamp. She routinely bashed President Trump and conservative Republicans. She supported John Kasich for President! That prety much says it all. BLECCH!

We need Steve. He is the better choice.

We need substance, not style; we need a work horse, not a show horse. We need a mountain, not a molehill.

Please tell any concerned or interested delegates to support Steve Frank for CAGOP Chairman.

I offer the same request to everyone else reading this blog post. The candidate who should be the next chairman is Steve Frank. We need to think not just about raising money, but raising registrations, getting candidates elected to run, and above all winning again!