Tarrant GOP chair Tim Davis speaks at a JPS Health Network Board of Managers Meeting in May 2025.
Bob Booth
Special to the Star-Telegram
Several Republicans who thought they were delegates to the Texas GOP convention in Houston this summer discovered that they were kicked off of the list.
Barbara Brewer, who repeatedly spoke out against an attempt to split the Keller school district last year, and Zee Wilcox, who sued Tarrant GOP chair Tim Davis after she was removed from the House District 98 primary ballot, were among those whose names were taken off of the list by the Tarrant County Republican Party.
“I’m trying to hold the board accountable,” Brewer said, referring to the Keller school board. “Every time we think we’re moving forward, [Tarrant GOP officials] are doing something like this.”
Brewer said when she learned that she was no longer a delegate, she questioned the reasoning behind it.
Tarrant GOP chair Tim Davis did not respond to an email or return a phone call Monday seeking comment.
Brewer said she followed all the procedures, including voting in the Republican primary and attending her precinct convention.
“The only way to remove a delegate is for someone in the precinct to challenge that, and that didn’t happen,” she said.
Brewer said that when she protested her removal, people attending the Senate District 9 convention spoke in opposition of Brewer and began reading Facebook posts concerning the proposed Keller school district split.
“They were running a rogue meeting already. I can’t even believe what I witnessed. It was a witch hunt,” she said.
Brewer said former board President Charles Randklev, who led the efforts to split the district and is now running for City Council, and former Trustee Micah Young, who also supported a split, are delegates.
Wilcox, who was reinstated in the House District 98 primary after she sued Davis, said she was not going to remain silent.
“I grew up in a communist country, and I know what that looks like,” said Wilcox, who grew up in Czechoslovakia. “They are trying to silence people.”
Wilcox said she is considering another lawsuit if she is not put back on the delegate list.
Six other Republicans who spoke against the split, including Jeniffer and Bernard Guerrero, were also removed as delegates as was James Trimm, an assistant to Republican state Rep. David Lowe, who spoke on behalf of Lowe at Keller board meetings.
The convention is June 11-13 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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This story was originally published March 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM.
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