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|birth_date=January 12, 1952 | |birth_date=January 12, 1952 | ||
Revision as of 16:46, February 27, 2018
| Richard Lynn "Rick" Range (The Alamo preservation activist and one of three opponents to Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in the March 6, 2018, primary election) | |
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| Born | January 12, 1952 Dallas County, Texas Resident of Garland |
| Political Party | Republican |
Richard Lynn Range, known as Rick Range (born January 12, 1952),[1]is one of three Republicans challenging the re-nomination of Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in the March 6 party primary. Like two other intra-party rivals, former Commissioner Jerry Patterson and land surveyor Davey Edwards, Range has based his campaign primarily on the preservation of traditional state history and the integrity of the The Alamo. Seeking his second term in the position, Bush is the son of Moderate Republican former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who lost the 2016 presidential nomination to Donald Trump], the nephew of former U.S. President George W. Bush, and a grandson of former President George Herbert Walker Bush.
A native of Dallas County, Range graduated from Irving High School in Irving, Texas, and then attended North Texas State University in Denton, since known as the University of North Texas, and West Texas State University in Canyon, since know as Texas A&M University. He formerlyh taught at the junior high and high school levels before becoming a career firefighter with the fire department in Mesquite, east of Dallas. For more than three decades, he worked as a driver/engineer for the fire department and as Spanish translator for both the fire and police departments. He resides in Garland in Dallas County.[2]
Range has researched for twenty years in both English and Spanish the historical roots of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. He is a board member of the Alamo Society, an international association of Alamo scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts. He also sits on the Alamo Battlefield Association, the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy, and he is an an associate member of the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association.[2]
Range declared his candidacy on November 1, 2017. He said that he is unalterably opposed to Commissioner Bush's "disastrous REIMAGINE THE ALAMO Master Plan," which Ranges equates to another form of political correctness. "Remember that we have just this one shot to save the Alamo. Act as if the entire war depended on you alone. Don’t assume that others will take care of it," Range warns voters.[2]
If Bush fails to win a majority on March 6, he will be forced into a May runoff with the candidate with the second highest number of votes.
References
- ↑ Richard Range. Mylife.com. Retrieved on February 27, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rich Range for Texas General Land Office Commissioner. Rickrange.us. Retrieved on February 27, 2018.