residence succeeded religion children office preceded name birth_date signature term_start spouse article_title term_end birth_name occupation alma_mater
houston , harris county , texas , usa tom mechler presbyterian church no children chairman of the republican party of texas cathie l. adams steve munisteri 25 december 1957 steve_munisteri_signature . jpeg june 12 , 2010 deanna armstrong munisteri -lrb- married 1983-1988 ; divorced -rrb- steve munisteri
 march 2015 stephen peter munisteri attorney ; businessman memorial high school
steve munisteri

stephen peter `` steve '' munisteri -lrb- born december 25 , 1957 -rrb- is a retired attorney from houston , texas , who from 2010 to 2015 was chairman of the republican party of texas .
he was elected chairman at the state convention held in dallas on june 13 , 2010 , when he unseated cathie adams , the wife of a dallas chiropractor , who had held the position for only eight months .
he is the first challenger in modern texas republican history to defeat a sitting incumbent for the position of state chairman .
early in his political career , munisteri served as state chairman of the texas chapter of young americans for freedom and founded the young conservatives of texas -lrb- yct -rrb- in 1980 .
munisteri stepped down as party chairman to join u.s. senator rand paul of kentucky as a senior advisor to paul 's potential 2016 presidential campaign .
