\u201cMy father worked for John Tower,\u201d Newton said of the former U.S. Senator.<\/p>\n
His dad, Norman, was also the founder and longtime executive director of the Associated Republicans of Texas, Newton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot out of Austin \u2013 went to Texas Tech. Didn\u2019t finish up at Tech because there were some health issues in my family and I had to go back and help them in Austin,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife went to Texas Tech \u2013 graduated law school. As soon as we could get back to Lubbock, we did. My son, he just graduated from Tech with his master\u2019s in physics,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
His younger son just enlisted in the Army.<\/p>\n
\u201cI teach martial arts. \u2026 My hobby is hitting people and having them hit me,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
Early in his career, he went to work at the state Capitol as a staffer for the House Energy Resources Committee. He later worked as chief of staff for the Texas Railroad Commissioner and assistant chief of staff for the Texas Comptroller. He worked as deputy land commissioner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are state agencies \u2026 that have budgets in hundreds of millions of dollars. And essentially, I\u2019m going to take that experience and try to help with the county government because we\u2019ve got some issues here,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also got experience as a political consultant \u2013 for example as an advisor to both George P. Bush and Carole Keeton (Strayhorn) Rylander when they were successful candidates for statewide office.<\/p>\n
He owns Guidepost Strategic Partners, a political consulting firm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do opinion polls. We analyze voter data. \u2026 We help with fundraising plans, direct mail, text messaging, digital ad placement \u2013 I mean \u2013 pretty much soup to nuts,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
But for Newton, this experience is brand new.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never, ever expected to run for office. \u2026 I\u2019ve been running campaigns for years. So going from being a coach to going on the field is something different,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe neat part is just actually getting around and meeting folks and, that which I don\u2019t get to normally do when I\u2019m running campaigns,\u201d Newton added.<\/p>\n
Why Newton is running<\/p>\n
\u201cLubbock is really a special place. It\u2019s home. And the last thing I want Lubbock to do is turn into another Austin, San Antonio, something like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing is the Expo Center. That\u2019s a very serious problem, and the fact that more people aren\u2019t concerned about it is a little concerning to me,\u201d Newton said.<\/p>\n
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