succeeded children religion birth_place office birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
jared woodfill hal micah polland judaism chicago , illinois , usa chairman texas of the republican party in harris county , 10 september 1950 1996 houston , texas , usa esther slipakoff polland gary m. polland
 gary michael polland . lawyer university of texas at austin
gary m. polland

gary michael polland -lrb- born september 10 , 1950 -rrb- is a houston attorney who was from 1996 to 2002 the elected chairman of the republican party in harris county , the largest county in population in the u.s. state of texas .
he is the publisher of the `` texas conservative review '' , which he issues periodically on the internet .
from 2001 to 2006 , the politically conservative polland cohosted with the liberal commentator david a. jones a weekly one-hour program `` texas politics - the real deal '' on houston media source .
in 2006 , jones and polland created a new show at the public broadcasting service outlet in houston , `` the connection , red , white & blue '' , a half-hour discussion and interview show .
