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Steve Munisteri
Munisteri, initially elected to chair the Republican Party of Texas in 2010, is a longtime GOP activist. He helped found Young Conservatives of Texas in the 1980s. He says on a state party website that he retired from law practice in 2008 to concentrate on other financial and business interests.