Michelle Bouchard Launches Campaign to Lead Harris County GOP With Data-Driven Strategy to Reverse Years of Election Losses

Former HealthCorps President Who Worked Side-by-Side With Dr. Mehmet Oz Unveils GRIT Plan — Goals, Results, Integrity & Team — to Rebuild the Party Into a Winning, Well-Funded Operation

Civic leader and HCRP Precinct Chair Michelle Bouchard today officially filed her candidacy for Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) Chair, introducing a results-driven plan to restore unity, accountability, and momentum to the GOP’s largest county organization.

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Harris Party Republican Chair Challenger, Michelle Bouchard (Photo by Rocky Kneten Photography)

Bouchard said the Party must reverse a troubling trend: Republicans have lost more than 80% of countywide elections over the last five and a half years. “Harris County was built on courage and grit,” she said. “We must have the courage to embrace change.”

She highlighted the loss of the Cy-Fair ISD school board—a historic Republican stronghold—as a tipping point, and cited national data showing Gen Z and Millennials will make up 60% of Republican voters by 2028. “We cannot ignore this next generation,” she said.

Her plan centers on GRIT: Goals, Results, Integrity, and Team—rebuilding HCRP into “a well-funded, well-run machine that wins elections.”

An eighth-generation Texan and former president of the national nonprofit HealthCorps, Bouchard worked alongside Dr. Mehmet Oz—now President Trump’s appointed Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—to grow the organization from a two-state program into a 23-state movement. Under her leadership, HealthCorps improved the resilience and wellbeing of more than 2.5 million high school students and raised more than $70 million to support its mission.

ABOUT MICHELLE BOUCHARD

Michelle Bouchard is a lifelong Republican, nonprofit leader, and eighth-generation Texan with a record of civic engagement and public service. As president of HealthCorps, she worked closely with Dr. Mehmet Oz to expand the organization nationwide, raising over $70 million and improving youth health, resilience, and conservative values of personal responsibility and grit.

She has overseen multimillion-dollar budgets, testified before the U.S. Senate, served in senior government and redevelopment roles, and led community revitalization efforts in Houston. Bouchard has energized diverse communities across Sharpstown, Jack Yates, Lamar, and the Chickasaw Nation through programming that reaches young people where they are.

For more information, visit www.michelleforcountychair.com.

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Michelle Bouchard launches her campaign for Harris County GOP Chair with a bold GRIT reform plan, drawing on her national leadership experience with Dr. Oz and HealthCorps.