Lamar County’s former Republican chair Ray Null is challenging Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston, for the Texas House District 1 seat in the 2022 primary election.
New Lamar County Republican Chair Carroll Ray Null â who goes by Ray â believes that if you arenât willing to participate in the democratic process, then you shouldnât complain.
âIf you want to make change, then you have to work in the system,â the retired military man said.
Null moved to Paris in 2014 from Fort Bliss just outside of El Paso. Just a few short years later, he filed for Lamar County Judge, running against Brandon Bell on the Republican ticket in 2018. Though he lost to Bell, who eventually won against former County Judge Chuck Superville, he still has been active in county politics. And, just two years later, on Jan. 7, 2021, he took up the mantle of Republican chairman when Chris Dux resigned from the position.