Precinct Chair, Republican Party, 1976-present

Delegate, Republican National Convention

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 30, 2016

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 30, 2010

Former Senatorial Chair, Republican Party of Texas, District 2, 2004-2008

No caucus information on file.

Founder/Co-Director, Kurdish American School, Dohuk, Iraq, 2006-present

High School Principal, retired

High School Teacher, retired

Owner/Executive Director, Lingy's Barbecue & Catering, 1989-Present

Executive Director, NORTH TEXAS FREEDOM RALLY, 1998 - present

Member, Dallas County Republican Assembly Board, 2000-2006

Favorite Movie:

'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Gone With the Wind', 'Saving Private Ryan'

Favorite Quote:

"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."
--Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, 1788

"Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity than those you have received from your ancestors."
--John Adams, letter to the young men of the Philadelphia, 7 May 1798

Favorite Type of Music:

Patriotic, Classical, Americana, Kurdish, Assyrian

Number of Grandchildren:

14