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Email: lwvcorpuschristi@gmail.com
Phone 361-445-4436
LWV Corpus Christi
P.O. Box 8276
Corpus Christi, TX  78468-8276
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Since 1945 we have supported:
Since 1945 we have supported:
  • Repeal of the poll tax
  • Council/Manager form of city government
  • Modified single-member electoral system for City Council and Corpus Christi Independent School District Board of Trustees
  • Government Center Complex in one geographical area (City Hall, County Courthouse, and CCISD Education Building)
  • Development of parks and recreational facilities for tourists and conventions (Bayfront Plaza Convention Center)
  • Creation of the Bay Drilling Committee
  • Development of Corpus Christi Beach
  • Bayfront Master Development Plan
  • Bayfront Festival Park
  • Choke Canyon Dam Site
  • Protection of sand dunes on barrier islands
  • Emergency Ambulance Service
  • Nueces County Unit Road System
  • Regional Transit Authority for public transportation
  • Certain sections of CC `90 recommendations
  • City Charter Revision of 1987
  • Coastal Management Plan
  • CUCI (Citizens United For Charter Integrity)


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We have sponsored:
We have sponsored:
  • Nonpartisan public forums on timely issues
  • Untold numbers of candidates luncheons and rallies
  • Semi-annual voter registration drives
  • Election workers and poll watchers' training sessions
  • Televised Candidate Forums
  • State of the City luncheons


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We have published and distributed:
We have published and distributed:
  • Nonpartisan Voters Guides
  • School district, city, county, state and national candidate elections
  • City Charter revision elections
  • Texas Constitution amendments elections
  • Bond issues elections
  • Citizens Handbooks
  • Know Your Corpus Christi Handbooks
  • Guidebooks for Jurors
  • Appointed Boards & Commissions Handbooks
  • Juvenile Justice Handbooks
  • Legislative Directories/Your Elected Officials
  • Election Workers/Poll Watchers Training Manuals
  • Facts and Issues publication on immigration in Texas


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We have provided:
We have provided:
  • Representatives on numerous boards and commissions
  • Election judges, clerks, inspectors, and canvassers
  • Testimony at countless public hearings on issues in the public interest
  • Panel members on "Know your Candidates" programs on public TV
  • Observer Corps monitors at meetings of local governmental bodies
  • LWV-CC office in the Nueces Building with a computer and fax/printer
  • "Roast and Toast" fund raisers honoring LWV supporters like (the late) Mayor Mary Rhodes and Rep. Todd Hunter
  • Get Out The Vote and Rock the Vote campaigns
  • Formation of the Texas Institute of Political Leadership Project
  • Participation in LWV-US "Making Democracy Work"



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Past Presidents of the League of Women Voters of Corpus Christi:
Past Presidents of the League of Women Voters of Corpus Christi:
  • Alice Upshaw Hawkins 2023-2025
  • Kathryn Oler 2021-2023
  • Anne Stewart 2019-2021
  • Chris Davis Garcia 2017-2019
  • Mary Jane Garza 2015-2017
  • Sandra Heatherley 2013-2015
  • Judy Telge 2011-2013
  • Evy Coppola 2009-2011
  • Chris Davis Garcia 2007-2009
  • Lois Huff 2002-2007
  • Pat Parr 2001-2002
  • Crystal Lyons and Pat Parr, Co-Presidents 2000-2001
  • Crystal Lyons 1999-2000
  • Peggy Duran 1998-1999
  • Gwen Henzi 1997-1998
  • Donna J. Strong 1996-1997
  • Carol A. Scott 1995-1996
  • Adelaide Marlatt 1994-1995
  • Pauline Clarke 1993-1994
  • Eunice Owen* and Fay Crider, Co-Presidents 1992-1993
  • Fay Crider 1991-1992
  • Nan Pillinger 1990-1991
  • Pat Parr and Nan Pillinger, Co-Presidents 1989-1990
  • Pat Parr 1987-1989
  • Debbie Stine 1986-1987
  • Tami Liddell 1985-1986
  • Mary Rhodes* 1983-1985
  • Frances Cummings 1982-1983
  • Donna Custer* 1981-1982
  • Chris Dubois 1980-1981
  • Margie Morrill* 1978-1980
  • Linda Stubing Heierman 1976-1978
  • Bette Harris* 1973-1975
  • Pauline Clarke 1971-1973
  • Michelene Hansler 1969-1971
  • Edith Coffey 1967-1969
  • Eunice Owen* 1965-1967
  • Mable Liles* 1963-1965
  • Jo Prashner 1961-1963
  • Jackie Webb* 1959-1961
  • Evelyn Armstrong Price* 1957-1959
  • Ruth Gill 1956-1957
  • Kathryn McInnis* 1954-1956
  • Emma Koepke* 1952-1954
  • Virginia Hartsell* 1950-1952
  • Muriel Allegrett* 1948-1950
  • Reva Gregg 1947-1948
  • Dorothy Greene ** 1945-1947




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