Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. is a law enforcement executive with 37-plus years of experience. His public service career began in 1978, at the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), where he served 24 distinguished years. During his 11 years as a Patrol Officer, he received meritorious citations for felony arrests. In 1989, he was promoted to Detective, and nine months later was selected for the specialized Homicide Division, where he was part of a team that investigated more than 400 homicides in a four-year period. MPD made arrests in more than 80% of homicides, well above the national average of 60%.

In 1999, Clarke became Commanding Officer of MPD’s Intelligence Division which was responsible for producing and sharing intelligence, and providing dignitary protection in conjunction with the Secret Service, the Department of State, and other federal agencies.

Dan Patrick was elected Lt. Governor of Texas in 2014, winning the general election by almost twenty points, including historic levels of support from Hispanic voters and women.

A principled and committed conservative, Lt. Gov. Patrick is leading the fight to secure the border, reduce property and business taxes, and address our state’s infrastructure challenges to assure that Texas continues to flourish economically.

As Education Chairman in the 83rd Legislative Session, Lt. Gov. Patrick passed some of the most far-reaching education reforms in decades, tackling the problems of failing public schools and giving parents more choices for their children.

Dan was twice elected to the Texas Senate from District 7 in Houston and Northwest Harris County. He is a successful small businessman and radio host and is a former television anchor, sportscaster, musician, Christian author and movie producer

Larry began his law enforcement career at the age of 20 as a Sheriff’s Deputy at the Gregg County Sheriff’s Department where he achieved the rank of Captain of the Criminal Investigation Division.

Since September of 1989, Larry has been with ATF and has been stationed in Tyler, where he and his family now call home. Due to Larry’s extensive career in criminal investigation, he has been involved in numerous high profile investigations ranging from burglary, homicide, sex offenses, drug offenses, firearms offenses and explosives related offenses.

Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell has had an impressive law enforcement career, and those who know him consider him a gentleman and lawman who proudly wears the badge.

Sowell is a Grimes County native who graduated from Navasota High School, and after graduation, he joined the military and served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. In 1973, he was a Deputy Sheriff with the Harris County Sheriff's Office until in retired in 1998. He received his Master Peace Officer's certification in 1994 and is the 34th sheriff of Grimes County. He's also a lifetime member of the Sheriff's Association of Texas.

James Golden, under the pseudonym "Bo Snerdley," serves as call screener, producer, and engineer for the syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio talk show. In his early twenties, Golden worked at radio station WWRL as a Marketing and Research Director, and later served as the radio station's first Music Research Director. From 1992 to 1998, Golden co-hosted (with Joel Santisteban) a political call-in show, James and Joel, on WABC radio in New York. From 1998 to 2001, Golden served as Vice-President for Programming at Talkspot.com, where he also hosted two Internet radio programs. He occasionally contributes written political commentary online.

We have spent more than 100 years combined fighting crime and protecting our communities. It is our job to enforce the law, and too often we find ourselves consoling victims and loved ones.

We are intimately familiar with our nation’s state and federal prison systems. It is extremely important that proponents of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act and the general public understand the differences between the two, because inmates incarcerated in state prison are very different from those incarcerated in federal prison.

Supporters are telling the public the bill in Washington only affects first time, low-level offenders and will save the country money. These claims are false and misleading.

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