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A former resident of Oxford, [[Mississippi]], Ulrich is a former [[radio]] producer, writer, and sometimes on-air replacement for [[conservative]]  talk show host [[Moon Griffon]] (pronounced GRE FOHN), who then broadcast statewide from his studio in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Griffon since moved his operation to [[Lafayette]]. On February 23, 2008, Ulrich was elected as national committeewoman, a position which automatically made her a member of the Republican National Committee. She succeeded former State Representative [[Kay Katz|Kay Kellogg Katz]], also of Monroe, as the state's national committeewoman.  

A former resident of Oxford, [[Mississippi]], Ulrich is a former [[radio]] producer, writer, and sometimes on-air replacement for [[conservative]]  talk show host [[Moon Griffon]] (pronounced GRE FOHN), who then broadcast statewide from his studio in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Griffon since moved his operation to [[Lafayette]]. On February 23, 2008, Ulrich was elected as national committeewoman, a position which automatically made her a member of the Republican National Committee. She succeeded former State Representative [[Kay Katz|Kay Kellogg Katz]], also of Monroe, as the state's national committeewoman.  

In 2012, Ulrich lost her Representative District 16 seat on the Republican State Central Committee to former U.S. Representative John Cooksey, also of Monroe, by a vote of 620 (40.4 percent) to 913 (59.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 24, 2012.</ref>

In 2012, Ulrich lost her Representative District 16 seat on the Republican State Central Committee to former [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey, also of Monroe, by a vote of 620 (40.4 percent) to 913 (59.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 24, 2012.</ref>

In the general election held on November 17, 2007, Ulrich was defeated in a bid for the open District 5 seat on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. She polled 49,818 votes (48 percent) to Democrat Keith K. Guice's 54,550 (52 percent). The district includes seventeen parishes in north and central Louisiana. Guice, also of Monroe, carried the endorsement of the teacher organizations. He succeed the 15-year Democratic incumbent James Stafford. Guice led in eleven parishes. Ulrich prevailed in Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Rapides, Richland, and Union parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11172007/11172007_MultiParish.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 17, 2007|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=November 29, 2012}}</ref>

In the general election held on November 17, 2007, Ulrich was defeated in a bid for the open District 5 seat on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. She polled 49,818 votes (48 percent) to Democrat Keith K. Guice's 54,550 (52 percent). The district includes seventeen parishes in north and central Louisiana. Guice, also of Monroe, carried the endorsement of the teacher organizations. He succeed the 15-year Democratic incumbent James Stafford. Guice led in eleven parishes. Ulrich prevailed in Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Rapides, Richland, and Union parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11172007/11172007_MultiParish.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 17, 2007|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=November 29, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

lrich and her husband, Mark Burghardt Ulrich (September 20, 1959 &ndash; March 14, 2020), whom she married in 1986, resided in Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-ulrich/markbulrich|title=Mark Ulrich|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> until his death at the age of sixty on March 14, 2020.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' March 16, 2020.</ref> She has a married daughter, Laura Elisabeth. Acording to his obituary, Mark Ulrich, a Monroe native,  attended the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. His parents were Christian Andrew Ulrich (1924-2007), a Monroe physician and the chief of staff at St. Francis Medical Center who trained at [[Mayo Clinic]] in [[Minnesota]],<ref>{{cite web|url=

Ulrich was widowed in 1985, when her husband of only fifteen months, Jeffery Scott Simmons, was killed in a commercial aircraft crash. She and her second  husband, Mark Burghardt Ulrich (September 20, 1959 &ndash; March 14, 2020), whom she married in 1986, resided in Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-ulrich/markbulrich|title=Mark Ulrich|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' March 16, 2020.</ref> Mark's memorial service was held a year after his death on March 20, 2021, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Monroe. She has a married daughter, Laura Elisabeth. Acording to his obituary, Mark Ulrich, a Monroe native,  attended the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. His parents were Christian Andrew Ulrich (1924-2007), a Monroe physician and the chief of staff at St. Francis Medical Center who trained at [[Mayo Clinic]] in [[Minnesota]],<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ulrich&GSfn=Christian&GSmn=Andrew&GSby=1924&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=40917236&df=all&|title=Dr. Christian Andrew Ulrich|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=March 17, 2020}}</ref> and the former Gayette Doris Spence (1927-2018), who was born in Cook County, [[Illinois]], reared in Dubuque, [[Iowa]], and was a nurse at Mayo Clinic, where she met her husband.<ref name=markobit/>  

https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ulrich&GSfn=Christian&GSmn=Andrew&GSby=1924&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=40917236&df=all&|title=Dr. Christian Andrew Ulrich|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=March 17, 2020}}</ref> and the former Gayette Doris Spence (1927-2018), who was born in Cook County, [[Illinois]], reared in Dubuque, [[Iowa]], and was a nurse at Mayo Clinic, where she met her husband.<ref name=markobit/>