Have you heard Kim Olson yet? She's running against Sid Miller
If you have not, you need to. She's a retired Air Force Colonel, one of the first women to fly combat and command a squadron.
Served as Director of Human Resources for Dallas Independent School District, the second largest in Texas. In that same year, she was elected to the Weatherford Independent School District Board of Trustees and in 2009 they were recognized as the “Texas Outstanding Board of the Year.”
Was President and CEO of Grace After Fire, a Texas-based nonprofit dedicated to helping women veterans help themselves, she reshaped how care was delivered to thousands of women veterans.
Now running a sustainable farming ranch in Palo PInto county, beekeeper, Master Gardener.
Outstanding speaker, smart as a whip and funny as hell.
If you live in the Fort Worth area, she will be speaking at 10:30 Saturday morning at the Tarrant County Democratic Woman's Club meeting. This club is now the largest Democratic Women's group in the state at 684 dues paid members. Kim has also been traveling around the state with Chair Hinojosa, Mike Collier and other candidates (often including Beto O'Rourke) on the "Rural County Tour". They are hitting CDEC and SD meetings in the rural areas. Keep an eye out for her and go hear her!
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