Dear Plano Republican voters: Serial politician and current Plano City Council candidate Hayden Padgett has NOT been endorsed by the Republican Party for good reason: He has consistently fought against GOP principles, endorsed progressive causes and orgs such as Black Lives Matter (BLM), supported COVID mandates, authorized frivolous lawsuits against and attacked hard working conservatives in the Party’s youth wing, worked to undermine core conservative priorities, supported Nikki Haley and various NeverTrumper candidates, forged and faked Republican membership credentials with the California GOP, and presided over the ongoing and continued dissolution of the Young Republican Federation.
For Hayden, City Council is nothing more than a stepping stone for something great he and his closest supporters believe he is destined for. He would not likely serve out a full term, as he would file for a bigger office as soon as the opportunity arose. At his core, Padgett does not care about local issues.
You are best advised to vote for his opponent, or skip voting in the At-Large Place 8 on the ballot in the upcoming local election.
The subsequent entries on this page document The Truth about Hayden Padgett.
Padgett authorized and gave the green light to Texas Young Republican leaders to launch a frivolous trademark lawsuit against breakaway Young Republican clubs that wanted to form a more conservative coalition of that would be partnered with the RPT, embrace MAGA, and America First and conservative Texas priorities.
https://courtsportal.dallascounty.org/DALLASPROD/Home/Dashboard/29
Type in Case Number: DC-2318308
For a full report on Padgett’s role in the frivilous trademark lawsuit against conservative leaders, and Padgett’s role at the Young Republican National Federation, click here.
Hayden Padgett has been a tremendous supporter of marriage equality and the Log Cabin Republicans.
We are continuing to document Padgett’s history of supporting liberal and progressive causes. Obviously, being a serial candidate, he has scrubbed much of it from his social media.
As BLM and Antifah rioters were destroying property and burning inner blue cities across America in 2020, Young Republican national leader, serial politician, and current Plano City Council candidate Hayden Padgett made this video because he thought he was getting ahead of the issue, and also, frankly because he a is a progressive Republican. In the video, and in various conversations and speeches, Padgett has blamed Republicans policies for harming race relations.
The Republican Party of Texas declined to endorse Hayden Padgett in March, because of his track record. Padgett’s application for endorsement was overwhelmingly rejected by the committee, True Texas Project and other conservative groups have also refused to endorse or recommend him for Plano City Council.
Unfortunately, there are a few groups that did not get the memo in time (or did not research thoroughly enough), including Plano precinct chairs, and candidate vetting persons within the Collin County GOP.
Collectively, we are Republicans must do a better job of being informed, vetting and preparing our candidates for nonpartisan local races.
In the previous decade, when Hayden Padgett was a young leader in the California Young Republicans, he led a scheme to forge and fake Republican membership credentials with the California Young Republican Federation and the California GOP. The names of the people he submitted were either registered Democrats, not real people, or denied involvement in his organization.
You can read the full leader from former GOP officials concerning the scheme and the tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills that resulted from the shenanigans. Hayden was subsequently forced out of the California GOP. You can read the full letter here.
