| | '''Stephen Peter Munisteri''', known as '''Steve Munisteri''' (born December 25, 1957), is [[business]]man and a former [[attorney]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. who in 2017 was appointed to the [[White House]] staff as deputy assistant to U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and principal deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.<ref>[[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office]</ref> | | '''Stephen Peter Munisteri''', known as '''Steve Munisteri''' (born December 25, 1957), is [[business]]man and a former [[attorney]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. who in 2017 was appointed to the [[White House]] staff as deputy assistant to U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and principal deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.<ref>[[https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office]</ref> |
| − | On June 13, 2010, Munisteri was elected chairman of the Texas [[Republican Party]] at the state convention held in [[Dallas]]. He unseated the incumbent [[Cathie Adams]], the former director of a crisis pregnancy center in Plano, Texas, and the wife of a Dallas chiropractor. Adams had held the position for only eight months.<ref name=txgop>"Republican Party of Texas Elects Steve Munisteri Chairman", texasgop.org, June 12, 2010</ref> | + | On June 13, 2010, Munisteri was elected chairman of the Texas [[Republican Party]] at the state convention held in [[Dallas]]. He unseated the incumbent [[Cathie Adams]], the former director of a crisis pregnancy center in [[Plano]], Texas, and the wife of a Dallas chiropractor. Adams had held the position for only eight months.<ref name=txgop>"Republican Party of Texas Elects Steve Munisteri Chairman", texasgop.org, June 12, 2010</ref> |
| | Munisteri became the first challenger in modern Texas Republican history to defeat a sitting incumbent for the position of state chairman. | | Munisteri became the first challenger in modern Texas Republican history to defeat a sitting incumbent for the position of state chairman. |