Connie Moore Wade

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Personal Information

Ms. Wade moved from the Texas panhandle to the piney woods of East Texas in the summer of 1978 and fell in love with its natural beauty, history and its people. Since moving to East Texas, Ms. Wade has volunteered on behalf of local, state-wide and national candidates and served the Gregg County GOP Party as its secretary, vice-chairman and as an election judge. At the 1992 State GOP Convention, she chaired the sub-committee on education for the platform committee and in 1996, was elected as an alternate to the GOP National Convention in San Diego. She served on the Governor's Commission for Women from 1995-1996. She has also worked at the Texas Department of Agriculture as a scheduler for Commissioner Susan Combs. Having won a contested primary race in March 2004 for Gregg County Clerk, Ms. Wade was sworn into that elected post in January 2005. Ms. Wade holds credentials as a Certified Investment Officer under the Texas Public Funds Investment Act and is a member of the County and District Clerks Association of Texas.