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For seven years, Meyer was the Republican chairman of [[Dallas|Dallas County]]; under his tenure the county became heavily Republican in orientation for two decades but reverted to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] majority strength in 2006. In 1972, Meyer was the campaign manager in the successful long-shot race waged by Alan Steelman, a young Republican who unseated Earle Cabell to claim Texas's 3rd congressional district, formerly filled by another Republican, Bruce Reynolds Alger. Cabell was also a former mayor of Dallas. Steelman. however, gave up the seat in 1976 in a losing bid against Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Meyer was the chairman of the host committee which brought the 1984 [[Republican National Convention]] to Dallas. In 1987, Meyer lost the nominally nonpartisan race for mayor of Dallas to the Democrat Annette Strauss but became state Republican chairman the next year for the first of three consecutive two-year terms. He helped [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] George Herbert Walker Bush to win the presidency over [[Michael Dukakis]], with their mutual rival, Lloyd Bentsen, seeking to succeed Bush as vice president but losing out to Republican nominee [[Dan Quayle]].<ref name=meyer/>

For seven years, Meyer was the Republican chairman of [[Dallas|Dallas County]]; under his tenure the county became heavily Republican in orientation for two decades but reverted to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] majority strength in 2006. In 1972, Meyer was the campaign manager in the successful long-shot race waged by Alan Steelman, a young Republican who unseated Earle Cabell to claim Texas's 3rd congressional district, formerly filled by another Republican, Bruce Reynolds Alger. Cabell was also a former mayor of Dallas. Steelman. however, gave up the seat in 1976 in a losing bid against Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]]. Meyer was the chairman of the host committee which brought the 1984 [[Republican National Convention]] to Dallas. In 1987, Meyer lost the nominally nonpartisan race for mayor of Dallas to the Democrat Annette Strauss but became state Republican chairman the next year for the first of three consecutive two-year terms. He helped [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] George Herbert Walker Bush to win the presidency over [[Michael Dukakis]], with their mutual rival, Lloyd Bentsen, seeking to succeed Bush as vice president but losing out to Republican nominee [[Dan Quayle]].<ref name=meyer/>

Himself considered a [[Moderate Republican]], Meyer sterred clear of [[primary]] rivalries but supported his party nominees across the spectrum in each [[general election]].<ref name=meyer/> One of Meyer's successors as state chairman, Susan Weddington of [[San Antonio]], by contrast, supported  conservative state Representative John Shields in his unsuccessful challenge in 2002 to state Senator Jeff Wentworth. Weddington opposed Wentworth's support for [[abortion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/mr-right/page/0/6|title=Mr. Right|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|author=Karen Olsson|date=November 2002|accessdate=March 19, 2015}}</ref> From 1972 forward, Meyer was a delegate to all Republican state conventions held every even year. For nine months, he headed the Victory 2000 Committee in [[Washington, D.C.]]; his work paid off with the election of the second President Bush.<ref name=meyer/>

Himself a [[Moderate Republican]], Meyer sterred clear of [[primary]] rivalries but supported his party nominees across the spectrum in each [[general election]].<ref name=meyer/> One of Meyer's successors as state chairman, [[Susan Weddington]] of [[San Antonio]], by contrast, supported  conservative state Representative John Shields in his unsuccessful challenge in 2002 to state Senator Jeff Wentworth. Weddington opposed Wentworth's support for [[abortion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/mr-right/page/0/6|title=Mr. Right|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|author=Karen Olsson|date=November 2002|accessdate=March 19, 2015}}</ref> From 1972 forward, Meyer was a delegate to all Republican state conventions held every even year. For nine months, he headed the Victory 2000 Committee in [[Washington, D.C.]]; his work paid off with the election of the second President Bush.<ref name=meyer/>

Former Republican state chairman [[Steve Munisteri]], who served from 2010 to 2015, said that Meyer "had an excellent reputation for building up the party’s infrastructure and taking care of the nuts and bolts of the political operations.".<ref name=meyer/> Dan Branch, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County recalled Meyer as "a tireless fundraiser and a tireless worker."<ref name=meyer/> Karen Hughes, the George W. Bush political operative and counsellor, described Meyer as "a mentor for me and a key influence in my life ... Fred’s leadership was absolutely instrumental in making Texas the Republican stronghold that it is."<ref name=meyer/> Jeanne Johnson Phillips, an oil company executive, said that she even postponed her wedding for a week to accommodate Meyer's fund-raising goals.<ref name=meyer/>

Former Republican state chairman [[Steve Munisteri]], who served from 2010 to 2015, said that Meyer "had an excellent reputation for building up the party’s infrastructure and taking care of the nuts and bolts of the political operations.".<ref name=meyer/> Dan Branch, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County recalled Meyer as "a tireless fundraiser and a tireless worker."<ref name=meyer/> Karen Hughes, the George W. Bush political operative and counsellor, described Meyer as "a mentor for me and a key influence in my life ... Fred’s leadership was absolutely instrumental in making Texas the Republican stronghold that it is."<ref name=meyer/> Jeanne Johnson Phillips, an oil company executive, said that she even postponed her wedding for a week to accommodate Meyer's fund-raising goals.<ref name=meyer/>