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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
|name=Gary Michael Polland
|office=Chairman of the [[Republican Party]]<br> in Harris County, [[Texas]]
|office=Chairman of the [[Republican Party]]<br> in Harris County, [[Texas]]
| term_start=1996
| term_start=1996
| preceded=
| preceded=
| succeeded=[[Jared Woodfill]]
| succeeded=[[Jared Woodfill]]
| birth_date=September 10, 1950
|birth_date=September 10, 1950
| birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], USA
|birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], USA
|death_date =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|death_place =
|residence=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas
|residence=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]
|occupation =[[Lawyer]]
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]
|spouse =Esther Slipakoff Polland
|spouse=Esther Slipakoff Polland
|children =Hal Micah Polland<br>
|children=Hal Micah Polland<br>
Jonathan Scott Polland
Jonathan Scott Polland
|religion=[[Judaism]]
|religion =[[Judaism]]
}}
}}
'''Gary Michael Polland''' (born September 10, 1950) is a [[Houston, Texas|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 state of [[Texas]].<ref name="Communications1996">{{cite book|last=Communications|first=Emmis|title=''The Alcalde''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=September 18, 2011|date=September 1996|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=63–}}</ref>
'''Gary Michael Polland''' (born September 10, 1950) is a [[Houston, Texas|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 state of [[Texas]].<ref name="Communications1996">{{cite book|last=Communications|first=Emmis|title=''The Alcalde''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=September 18, 2011|date=September 1996|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=63–}}</ref>
He is the publisher of the ''Texas Conservative Review,'' which is issued periodically on the [[Internet]]. From 2001 to 2006, the [[conservative]] Polland cohosted with the [[iberal]] 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 program for the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] outlet in Houston, ''The Connection, Red, White & Blue,'' a half-hour discussion and interview.
He is the publisher of the ''Texas Conservative Review,'' which is issued periodically via the [[Internet]]. From 2001 to 2006, the [[conservative]] Polland cohosted with the [[iberal]] 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 program for the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] outlet in Houston, ''The Connection, Red, White & Blue,'' a half-hour discussion and interview.
==Political activities==
==Political activities==
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''.
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. Senator]] [[John Cornyn]], former Senator [[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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
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. Senator]] [[John Cornyn]], former Senator [[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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
Polland ran unopposed to a second term as Harris County chairman in 2000, but he stepped down in 2002 to contest the District 17 seat in the state Senate in the party [[primary]]. The seat was vacated by veteran Republican J. E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson. Polland lost badly to the physician Kyle Janek, who then prevailed in the November [[general election]]. Janek polled 8,495 votes (68 percent) to Polland's 3,967 ballots (32 percent). In a post-election letter to supporters, Polland wrote: "We ran a strong campaign based on our common conservative philosophy. We faced an incumbent [state representative] who was the darling of the [[Austin]] lobby. We were outspent at least two-to--one ..." Janek was reelected in 2004 and 2006.
Polland ran unopposed to a second term as Harris County chairman in 2000, but he stepped down in 2002 to contest the District 17 seat in the state Senate in the party [[primary]]. The seat was vacated by veteran Republican J. E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson. Polland lost badly to the physician Kyle Janek, who then prevailed in the November [[general election]]. Janek polled 8,495 votes (68 percent) to Polland's 3,967 ballots (32 percent). In a post-election letter to supporters, Polland wrote: "We ran a strong campaign based on our common conservative philosophy. We faced an incumbent [state representative] who was the darling of the [[Austin]] lobby. We were outspent at least two-to--one ..." Janek was reelected in 2004 and 2006.
Polland won the support of many well-known Texas and national Republicans in his state Senate bid including former presidential contender [[Steve Forbes]], the [[publisher]] from [[New Jersey]], former Texas Secretary of State George Strake, Jr., former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dan Quayle]], [[Virginia]] Republican activist [[Morton Blackwell]], and former presidential candidate [[Gary Bauer]], the director of the Campaign for Working Families.
Polland won the support of many well-known Texas and national Republicans in his state Senate bid including former presidential contender [[Steve Forbes]], the [[publisher]] from [[New Jersey]], former Texas Secretary of State George Strake, Jr., former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dan Quayle]], [[Virginia]] Republican activist Morton Blackwell, and former presidential candidate [[Gary Bauer]], the director of the Campaign for Working Families.
n 2004, Polland contributed to [[African-American]] liberal Democrat Al Green in Green's successful primary challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Chris Bell of Texas' 9th congressional district. A lawyer and justice of the peace, Green won the nomination—and thereafter the general election—in the heavily black district, 13,920 (65 percent) to Bell's 7,125 ballots (33 percent). In 2006, Bell ran unsuccessfully as the Democrat gubernatorial nominee against Rick Perry. In 2017, Green launched a drive to [[Impeachment|impeach]] [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].
In January 2007, Polland warned the Texas [[Republican Party|GOP]] that it could face serious decline in the 2008 elections if the conservative grassroots were not activated and brought into the mainstream of the party.
In January 2007, Polland warned the Texas [[Republican Party|GOP]] that it could face serious decline in the 2008 elections if the conservative grassroots were not activated and brought into the mainstream of the party.