Andy Hopper (politician)
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Andy Hopper is a Conservative activist in Texas since 2020.[1] He and his wife Amanda are the co-founders of Wise County Conservatives, a group dedicated to connecting, educating, and activating local activists. [2] Hopper is also a writer for Conservative news outlet Texas Scorecard. [3][4] In 2021, Andy was in the headlines for calling out the leftist infiltration of the Texas State Guard. [5][6]
Electoral History
Andy Hopper ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 64.[7][8][9] He narrowly lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022, by 88 votes.[10][11][12] The race was so tight that there was a recount [13] and at one point, it was "too close to call". [14] A top priority of Hopper's during his campaign was border security.[15][16]
Hopper announced his candidacy for Texas House District 64 on June 5, 2023.
Early life, education, and career
Andy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. He moved to Texas at the age of twenty to begin his career in software engineering.
Andy earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Ohio University in 1997 and earned a Master's of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of North Texas in 2000. Hopper’s career experience includes working as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas, as well as the telecommunications and defense industries. He currently owns a small software consulting firm and a small farm in Wise county. [17][17]
Family
Andy and his wife Amanda were high school sweethearts who met in the honors chemistry class. They married when they were twenty years old, on the same day that Andy graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Andy skipped the graduation because Hillary Clinton was the key-note speaker. [1]
The couple has three children: Grant, Sam, and Ian, who were homeschooled. [18] The Hoppers currently live on a small farm in Decatur, Texas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Andy » Andy Hopper for Texas House District 64". Andy Hopper for Texas House District 64. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "About Us » Wise County Conservatives". Wise County Conservatives. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "You searched for andy hopper". Texas Scorecard. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "Andy Hopper, Author at Texas Scorecard". Texas Scorecard. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ Prather, Chad (June 4, 2021). "HOPPER: LEFT-WING AGENDA HAS INFILTRATED THE TEXAS STATE GUARD".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Texas State Guard Conducts Training to Address Purported 'Extremism' Among Its Members". The Texan. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ Montoya, Robert (2021-10-20). "Andy Hopper Announces Campaign for Texas House". Texas Scorecard. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ "Andy Hopper". Denton Record-Chronicle. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ "Texas State House Races to Watch in 2022". The Texan. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ "Texas election results 2022 for governor, Congress and more primaries". The Texas Tribune. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ Svitek, Patrick (2022-03-04). "Texas far-right conservatives spent millions to oust House GOP leaders, to little avail". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "Texas State Reps. Travis Clardy, Lynn Stucky Barely Scraped Past Primary Elections". The Texan. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "Rep. Lynn Stucky, Paul Pape Maintain Leads After Recounts in Two GOP House Races". The Texan. 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ Harper, Jolie McCullough and Karen Brooks (2022-03-02). "State GOP leaders win big in Texas legislative primaries". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ Tribune, World (2021-06-01). "Don't mess with Texas: Guardsman challenges Team Biden's indoctrination of U.S. troops". World Tribune: U.S. Politics and Culture, Geopolitics, Northeast Asia, China, Geostrategy-Direct, International Security, Corporate Watch, Media Watch. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ "Andy Hopper, candidate for Texas State Representative". Dallas News. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Andy Hopper". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ↑ "twitter.com/AndyHopperTX/status/1660056405938696193?s=20". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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