Conventions

What are Precinct Conventions?

A Precinct Convention is a grassroots political gathering held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 7. These conventions play a crucial role in the political process and serve several key purposes.  
Click Here for the Convention Notice.

Purposes of the Convention
1. Delegate Selection - Precinct conventions are primarily held to select delegates who will represent the precinct at the Comal County Republican Convention and to apply to go as a delegate to the State Republican Convention.  If you want to go to the State Convention as a delegate, it is essential that you do not miss your Precinct Convention.

2. Platform and Legislative Priorities Development -  Participants at these conventions discuss and adopt resolutions that reflect the legislative priorities and suggest changes to the party platform. If adopted at the Precinct Convention, these resolutions will be sent to the Platform Committee, which will review and prepare them to be submitted for discussion and a vote at the Comal County Republican Convention. Click here to see a copy of the current RPT Platform.  Click here for a Resolutions Tool Kit to help you prepare a resolution to bring to the Precinct Convention. 
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When preparing a resolution, you should first see if the resolution you would like to submit is already in the RPT Platform.  If it is, you should explain why you would like to make sure this particular provision stays in the Party Platform.  If it is not, explain how your resolution would add to or change the Party Platform.  The Platform Committee will not have access to your discussion, so as much as you can document for the Platform Committee will help assure that your Resolution will have a greater chance of making it to the County Convention.  Be prepared, however, with duplicates of your resolution to bring to the County Convention in the event that the resolution died in the Platform Committee.

3. Community Engagement -  The conventions provide a venue for you to engage with other people in your precinct to discuss political issues, and mobilize support for candidates. It's an opportunity for grassroots activism and community building. Any registered voter who voted in the March 3 Republican Primary or who signs an oath of affiliation with the Republican Party is eligible to attend the Precinct Convention.  

• ​In Texas, there are several main ways for a voter to affiliate with a party: by being accepted to vote in a party’s primary election, by taking the required oath at a party precinct convention, or by taking a party oath of affiliation generally (§§162.003, 162.006, 162.007). A voter’s affiliation with a party automatically expires at the end of each calendar year, which is December 31. (§162.010). A voter who has affiliated themselves with a party is ineligible to participate in the party affairs of another party during the same calendar year. (§§162.012, 162.013).

County Convention

On March 26, Comal County Republican Party will hold its County Convention at the McKenna Events Center at 801 W. San Antonio Street in New Braunfels.

The Comal County Convention will be held on March 28, 2026, beginning at 10:00 AM and lasting most of the day.  During this convention, we will enact rules to govern the convention and appoint officers to conduct the convention.  Then we will select delegates to the State Convention and pass resolutions relating to the Party Platform and Legislative Priorities to send to the State Convention.
In the days or weeks before the convention, you can visit committee meetings and let them know what issues are important to you. 

Republican State Convention

At the SREC meeting held Dec 6 in Austin, it was announced that Governor Abbott has pledged funds to reduce registration fees to any delegate under 25 or over 65.  Start now to plan to attend the Republican State Convention on June 10 through 13.  Registration opens June 8.  At the State Convention, we elect our State Republican Executive Committeeman and Committeewoman Members (SREC) and vote on Resolutions, Legislative Priorities, Platform…all the things that make our Republican Party run for the following two-year period.  We also elect our Party Chair, Vice-Chair, and the National Committeeman and Committeewoman positions. Committee members (Rules, Resolution, Platform, Legislative Priorities) begin committee meetings on Monday June 8.  Convention attendees begin arriving on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, 2026 and are expected to be there all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday (June 11, 12 & 13)  of Convention to VOTE on Party business and the RPT Convention Committee has to plan for full attendance.  Room blocks are set up for convention delegates and rates are pre-set by the Host Hotels by the RPT at around $200/night + hotel fees.