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Adams has long been active in her party's [[conservative]] wing. She started as a [[Republican Party|GOP]] election judge and has been a member of district, state, and national resolutions or platform committees. Since 1988, Adams has been a delegate to each state senatorial convention and each state party convention held the first weekend of June in even years. She was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]]s held in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. At the 2008 state convention, she was named Republican national committeewoman from Texas. As state party chairman, she automatically remained a member of the RNC.<ref name=txgop/> Robin Armstrong, an [[African American]] physician from Galveston County continued as vice chairman of the RPT under Adams' leadership.  

Adams has long been active in her party's [[conservative]] wing. She started as a [[Republican Party|GOP]] election judge and has been a member of district, state, and national resolutions or platform committees. Since 1988, Adams has been a delegate to each state senatorial convention and each state party convention held the first weekend of June in even years. She was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]]s held in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. At the 2008 state convention, she was named Republican national committeewoman from Texas. As state party chairman, she automatically remained a member of the RNC.<ref name=txgop/> Robin Armstrong, an [[African American]] physician from Galveston County continued as vice chairman of the RPT under Adams' leadership.  

Strongly opposed to [[abortion]], Adams was the director of a crisis pregnancy center in Plano in Collin County, Texas,<ref name=eagle>{{Cite web|url=http://www.texaseagle.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=128|title="Texsas Eagle: Cathie Adams", September 24, 2008|publisher=texaseagle.org|accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref> before she joined the board of the Dallas [[Eagle Forum]] in the middle 1980s. Adams was the president of the DEF for five years until 1993, when she was named Texas state president by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], the founder of the national organization based in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name=eagle/> In 2005, as the Eagle Forum president, Adams questioned what she determined to be a lack of conservative state legislators even within the Republican Party. "Of the 181 elected Texas legislators [House and Senate] serving during the [79th] legislative session and special-called sessions in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], only eleven legislators were commended for their conservative voting record."<ref>Quoted in Paul Burka, "The Elephants in the Room", Lyle C. Brown, ''et al'', ''Practicing Texas Politics'', Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008, p. 175</ref> Such politicians are often called RINO's (Republican in Name Only) by their conservative intraparty opponents.

Strongly opposed to [[abortion]], Adams was the director of a crisis pregnancy center in Plano in Collin County, Texas,<ref name=eagle>{{Cite web|url=http://www.texaseagle.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=128|title="Texsas Eagle: Cathie Adams", September 24, 2008|publisher=texaseagle.org|accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref> before she joined the board of the Dallas [[Eagle Forum]] in the middle 1980s. Adams was the president of the DEF for five years until 1993, when she was named Texas state president by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], the founder of the national organization based in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name=eagle/> In 2005, as the Eagle Forum president, Adams questioned what she determined to be a lack of conservative state legislators even within the Republican Party. "Of the 181 elected Texas legislators [House and Senate] serving during the [79th] legislative session and special-called sessions in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], only eleven legislators were commended for their conservative voting record."<ref>Quoted in Paul Burka, "The Elephants in the Room", Lyle C. Brown, ''et al'', ''Practicing Texas Politics'' (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008), p. 17.5</ref> Such politicians are often called RINO's (Republican in Name Only) by their conservative intraparty opponents.

In connection with her Eagle Forum and Republican activities, Adams traveled throughout the world, including [[Rome]], [[Istanbul]], [[Beijing]], [[The Hague]], [[Paris]], [[Kyoto, Japan|Kyoto]], and [[Buenos Aires]]. She serves on the advisory board of the Young Conservatives of Texas, a nonpartisan youth organization committed to the preservation of individual liberties and freedom.<ref name=eagle/>

In connection with her Eagle Forum and Republican activities, Adams traveled throughout the world, including [[Rome]], [[Istanbul]], [[Beijing]], [[The Hague]], [[Paris]], [[Kyoto, Japan|Kyoto]], and [[Buenos Aires]]. She serves on the advisory board of the Young Conservatives of Texas, a nonpartisan youth organization committed to the preservation of individual liberties and freedom.<ref name=eagle/>

Adams has contributed financially to various Republican U.S. representatives in her area, including [[Joe Barton]] and [[Sam Johnson]]. In 1995, she supported then U.S. Senator [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination. Gramm withdrew from the race early in 1996, and the nomination went to Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]], who was then defeated by [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75287/cathie_l_adams|title=Cathie L. Adams from zip code 75287|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref>

Adams has contributed financially to former [[U.S. Representative]]s [[Joe Barton]] and [[Sam Johnson]]. In 1995, she supported then U.S. Senator [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination. Gramm withdrew from the race early in 1996, and the nomination went to Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]], who was then defeated by [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75287/cathie_l_adams|title=Cathie L. Adams from zip code 75287|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=October 28, 2009}}</ref>

Shortly before she became state chairman, Adams said in an interview that she opposes divisive Republican primary fights: "I try and forget them as soon as I can, because they are so wrong. I don't like [personal attacks] at all and I don't think there’s a need in doing that...."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-texas-governors-race/primary-races-tend-to-be-bloody/|title=Morgan Smith, "Primary Races Tend to Be Bloody," November 3, 2009|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 19, 2011}}</ref>

Shortly before she became state chairman, Adams said in an interview that she opposes divisive Republican primary fights: "I try and forget them as soon as I can, because they are so wrong. I don't like [personal attacks] at all and I don't think there’s a need in doing that...."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-texas-governors-race/primary-races-tend-to-be-bloody/|title=Morgan Smith, "Primary Races Tend to Be Bloody," November 3, 2009|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 19, 2011}}</ref>