Barbara Staff

Barbara Ruth Staff (August 26, 1924 – July 29, 2019) was an American political activist for the Republican Party who was one of three co-chairs of the 1976 presidential primary campaign for Ronald Reagan in Texas, along with Ernest Angelo Jr., former mayor of Midland, and Ray Barnhart, a former state legislator and a Republican chairman.[1]

Barbara Ruth Wright Staff
Staff (2010)
Born
Barbara Ruth Wright

(1924-08-26)August 26, 1924
DiedJuly 29, 2019(2019-07-29) (aged 94)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCrozier Technical High School

North Texas State University

Southern Methodist University
OccupationPolitical activist
Ronald W. Reagan Texas co-chairman, 1976
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)William Stewart Staff (deceased)
ChildrenSusan S. Causey
Barbara Ellen Kimberly (deceased)

Staff died in July 2019 in Plano, Texas at the age of 94.[2]

References

  1. Thorburn, Wayne (September 1, 2014). Red State: An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292759206 via Google Books.
  2. "Barbara Staff 1924 - 2019 - Obituary".


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