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Heidi H Thiess Houston TX

Profile: Conservative Candidate for Texas House

Heidi Thiess once again plans to go from a support role to the front lines, much as she has done throughout her life. Thiess plans to announce very soon her candidacy for District 24 in the Texas House of Representatives.
Heidi comes from a long family tradition of military service. She enlisted in the US Army as a 17-year old freshman in college. She served simultaneously in the US Reserves and ROTC until her graduation and commissioning. She graduated with a BA degree in International Affairs, a Specialty in Soviet Politics, and a Minor in Military Science. As a 2LT, she earned her wings at Airborne School before serving the remainder of her active duty service overseas.

Heidi Thiess Small Business Owner and Investor

Since her separation from military service, Heidi Thiess has been a small business owner and investor. She has remained active in veteran's advocacy and politics, with a focus on sovereignty and national security issues. Her proclivity for conservative activism took place in many venues: she became a well-known military blogger and essayist in 2005. She also co-founded the website www.GuardtheBorders.com. More recently, she was a founding cadre member of the Gathering of Eagles in 2007, and in 2008 she was a grassroots director for Duncan Hunter’s presidential campaign. She also co-founded www.StandWithIntelligence.com in 2009 and served as the Senior Editor, Publisher, and Webmaster of the website.

Heidi Thiess For Texas

In 2010, she worked full time for the Pantano For Congress campaign as a policy advisor and the E-Campaign Director. She also served as a Republican precinct chair and State Convention delegate and still presently serves on the executive board of the Clear Lake Tea Party. Currently, she owns a small firearms business, with an emphasis on gun sales to women for self and home defense.

Heidi has been married to Andrew Thiess, also a former Army officer, for 18 years, and they have two children: Jonathan, 17, and Eden, 13. The Thiess family lives in League City, Texas.