Young Republicans of Texas (YRT), the official youth auxiliary of the Republican Party of Texas, recognized by the State Republican Executive Committee in September 2023, currently operates 21 chartered chapters across Texas (as of 2026). The chapter network covers every major Texas metro, the fastest-growing exurban counties, the Hill Country, the Gulf Coast refinery corridor, West Texas, and the rural reliably-red counties that anchor the state’s conservative base.
This post is a complete, up-to-date directory of every YRT chapter in 2026. For each chapter, you’ll find the region it serves, the county or counties involved, the political and economic context of its area, and any known independent website or official chapter web presence. Jump to your region using the table of contents below, or scroll through all 21 chapters if you’re comparing regions.
If you are ages 18 to 40 and want to plug into the organized Republican Party of Texas youth auxiliary, your first step is finding the chapter that serves your area. This directory is the faster way to figure out which chapter is yours.
Table of Contents
- North Texas and the DFW Metroplex, 10 chapters
- Central Texas and the Hill Country, 5 chapters
- South and Southeast Texas / Gulf Coast, 5 chapters
- West Texas, 1 chapter
North Texas and the DFW Metroplex
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and its surrounding counties form the single largest conservative political base in Texas. Dallas County itself has trended Democratic in recent cycles, but the surrounding exurban ring, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant, Parker, Hood, Hunt, Van Zandt, and Johnson counties, includes some of the fastest-growing and most reliably Republican suburbs in the country. YRT’s largest concentration of chapters is in this region.
1. Dallas County Young Republicans (DCYR)
Region: Dallas County / DFW Metroplex
Website: dallasyr.org
Dallas County Young Republicans is the flagship chapter of the YRT federation. Known informally as DCYR, the chapter is widely regarded as the most active and influential Young Republican organization in Texas, producing a pipeline of elected officials, campaign operators, and party leaders across the Dallas-Fort Worth region. DCYR operates its own dedicated website, maintains a robust monthly meeting schedule, and coordinates closely with the Dallas County Republican Party.
Learn more: Dallas chapter page | DCYR official site
2. Plano Young Republicans
Region: Plano (Collin County)
Website: planoyr.com
Plano is one of the wealthiest and fastest-growing suburbs in Texas, home to Toyota North America, JPMorgan Chase’s Plano campus, and dozens of other Fortune 500 operations. The city’s young professional class skews conservative on economic and regulatory issues, which gives Plano YR a natural demographic base of corporate transplants from higher-tax states looking for political community. The chapter operates its own dedicated website.
3. Rockwall County Young Republicans
Region: Rockwall County (east of Dallas)
Website: rockwallyr.com
Rockwall County is one of the wealthiest counties in Texas per capita and consistently delivers some of the strongest Republican margins in the state. The county sits east of Dallas along Lake Ray Hubbard and has seen rapid growth from families relocating out of urban Dallas. Rockwall County YR operates its own web presence and a Linktree aggregation.
4. Denton Young Republicans
Region: Denton County (north of DFW)
Denton County is home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University, which anchor a college student population in the middle of a rapidly growing suburban conservative base. The county has delivered consistent Republican margins at the top of the ticket even as the student population shifts the local politics in Denton proper. Denton YR serves both the student and post-college young professional community in the county.
5. Fort Worth Young Republicans
Region: Fort Worth (Tarrant County)
Fort Worth is the largest city in Tarrant County and one of the most conservative large metros in Texas. The city’s economy is anchored by defense (Lockheed Martin), logistics, energy, and healthcare. Tarrant County has remained a Republican-leaning battleground even as Dallas has drifted, and Fort Worth’s young conservative community is one of the most active in the state for a major metro. Fort Worth YR hosts regular events, networking mixers, and candidate forums for members in the greater Fort Worth area.
6. Hunt County Young Republicans
Region: Hunt County (northeast of DFW, Greenville area)
Hunt County sits northeast of the DFW Metroplex and delivers reliable Republican margins. The county’s economy is a mix of agriculture, light manufacturing, and bedroom-community commuters to DFW. Hunt County YR serves the Greenville area and surrounding rural communities.
7. Johnson County Young Republicans
Region: Johnson County (south of Fort Worth, Cleburne area)
Johnson County sits directly south of Tarrant County and includes Cleburne as its county seat. The county blends rural Texas conservatism with the spillover population from southwestern Fort Worth, creating a growing suburban-rural conservative base. Johnson County YR engages members across this mixed community.
8. Parker County Young Republicans
Region: Parker County (west of Fort Worth, Weatherford area)
Parker County is one of the fastest-growing counties in North Texas, anchored by Weatherford. Its politics reflect a traditional rural Republican base that is being supplemented by the wave of families moving west out of Fort Worth for more land and lower property taxes. Parker County YR serves this growing community.
9. Hood County Young Republicans
Region: Hood County (Granbury area, southwest of Fort Worth)
Hood County, centered on Granbury and Lake Granbury, is a reliably Republican county with a mix of retirees, lake-community residents, and rural voters. The county’s political identity is anchored in faith-based conservatism and a strong culture of Second Amendment advocacy. Hood County YR serves members in the Granbury area.
10. Van Zandt County Young Republicans
Region: Van Zandt County (east of Dallas, Canton area)
Van Zandt County, centered on Canton, is rural East Texas and reliably Republican. The county is nationally famous for First Monday Trade Days in Canton, and its political culture is anchored in traditional rural Texas conservatism. Van Zandt County YR serves this East Texas base.
Central Texas and the Hill Country
Central Texas spans the Austin metro, the Hill Country, and the Brazos Valley. It is the region where some of YRT’s most consequential political work happens, from Capitol-adjacent legislative engagement in Travis County to the explosive conservative growth of Comal and Gillespie counties.
11. Travis County Young Republicans (TCYR)
Region: Travis County (Austin area)
Website: travisyr.com
Travis County Young Republicans is the YRT chapter serving the Austin area. Unlike most YRT chapters, TCYR operates in an urban battleground, Travis County has trended Democratic over the past two decades, which makes the chapter’s mission explicit: build durable conservative youth infrastructure in the Texas state capital, recruit from the University of Texas at Austin, and train the next generation of Republican operatives, legislative staffers, and candidates inside the state’s political command center. TCYR operates its own website and is the YRT chapter with the closest walkable proximity to the Texas Capitol.
Learn more: Austin chapter page | TCYR official site
12. Bryan-College Station Young Republicans
Region: Bryan-College Station (Brazos County)
Bryan-College Station is home to Texas A&M University, one of the largest and most conservative-leaning student populations in the country. Texas A&M’s deep Corps of Cadets tradition, military culture, and conservative alumni network make Brazos County a natural base for Young Republican activity. Bryan-College Station YR serves both current Texas A&M students and the post-college young professional community in the Bryan-College Station metro.
13. Comal County Young Republicans
Region: Comal County (New Braunfels area, Hill Country)
Website: comalyr.com
Comal County, centered on New Braunfels, is one of the fastest-growing counties in America and one of the most reliably Republican in Texas, delivering 70%+ to GOP candidates at the top of the ticket in recent cycles. The county sits in the Hill Country north of San Antonio and has absorbed an enormous wave of conservative families relocating from Austin, California, and other high-tax areas. Comal County YR operates its own dedicated website and a Substack newsletter.
14. Gillespie County Young Republicans
Region: Gillespie County (Fredericksburg, Hill Country)
Website: gcyrs.com
Gillespie County, centered on Fredericksburg, is Hill Country Texas, German heritage, ranching culture, tourism, and deep-red politics. The county regularly delivers some of the strongest Republican margins of any Hill Country community. Gillespie County YR operates its own web presence and serves members across the Fredericksburg-anchored Hill Country region.
15. Waco Young Republicans
Region: Waco (McLennan County)
Waco is home to Baylor University, one of the largest Baptist universities in the world, and the city’s political culture is anchored in faith-based conservatism. McLennan County delivers consistent Republican margins, and Waco’s young conservative community combines Baylor students with post-college young professionals across the surrounding Central Texas region. Waco YR serves this faith-anchored base.
South and Southeast Texas / Gulf Coast
The southeastern quadrant of Texas, from San Antonio through Houston and down the Gulf Coast refinery corridor to the Golden Triangle, is where much of Texas’s energy economy lives, and where the state’s most dynamic political realignment is happening. Hispanic-majority urban metros are shifting Republican, exurban rings are expanding, and the refinery-and-petrochemical corridor along the Gulf anchors a strong pro-energy conservative culture.
16. San Antonio Young Republicans
Region: San Antonio (Bexar County)
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States and Bexar County’s political base. The city has historically leaned Democratic at the municipal level but sits in a rapidly diversifying political landscape. San Antonio YR serves conservative young Texans ages 18-40 across the San Antonio metro, with a particular focus on building conservative infrastructure in a Hispanic-majority urban battleground.
17. Young Republicans of Houston
Region: Houston (Harris County)
Young Republicans of Houston is the YRT chapter serving the fourth-largest city in the United States. Houston is the nation’s energy capital, home to the Texas Medical Center (the largest medical complex in the world), and a Hispanic-majority metro where conservative outreach is both urgent and highly effective. Harris County has trended Democratic at the top of the ticket, but the surrounding exurban ring, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, and Galveston counties, has expanded the conservative base faster than any metro in Texas. YR of Houston also publishes its own Substack newsletter for members and supporters.
Learn more: Houston chapter page
18. The Woodlands Young Republicans
Region: The Woodlands (Montgomery County, north of Houston)
The Woodlands is one of the wealthiest planned communities in Texas, sitting in Montgomery County north of Houston. Montgomery County is one of the most reliably Republican counties in the greater Houston metro and a major destination for conservative families relocating out of urban Harris County. The Woodlands YR serves this affluent suburban conservative base.
19. Golden Triangle Young Republicans
Region: Golden Triangle (Port Arthur, Beaumont, Orange)
The Golden Triangle is the metro formed by Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange in Southeast Texas, the heart of the Gulf Coast refinery and petrochemical corridor. The region’s economy is anchored in oil and gas refining, LNG export, and heavy industry, making it one of the most strongly pro-energy conservative regions in the state. Golden Triangle YR serves conservative young professionals working across the refinery corridor and surrounding communities.
20. Walker County Young Republicans
Region: Walker County (Huntsville, north of Houston)
Walker County is anchored by Huntsville, home of Sam Houston State University, and is reliably Republican. The county’s economy includes the university, state prison operations (the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has multiple facilities in the Huntsville area), and rural communities. Walker County YR serves both students and the broader Huntsville-area conservative community.
West Texas
West Texas, the South Plains, the Panhandle, and the eastern edge of the Permian Basin, is the most ideologically consistent Republican region in the state. YRT’s West Texas presence is anchored in one chapter that serves a vast geographic area.
21. Lubbock Young Republicans
Region: Lubbock County / West Texas / South Plains
Lubbock Young Republicans is YRT’s West Texas anchor, serving Lubbock County, the broader South Plains, the Texas Panhandle, and the eastern edge of the Permian Basin. Lubbock County has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, routinely delivers 70%+ Republican margins, and sends deeply conservative legislators to both Austin and Washington. The chapter draws heavily from Texas Tech University, roughly 40,000 students, as well as from West Texas energy sector professionals, agricultural producers, ranchers, and first-responders who anchor the region’s civic life.
Learn more: Lubbock chapter page
How to Connect with a YRT Chapter
If you are ages 18 to 40, live or work in Texas, and want to plug into the organized Republican Party of Texas youth auxiliary, the process is straightforward:
- Identify your chapter. Use the directory above or the official YRT chapter finder to locate the chapter nearest to you. In most Texas counties, one chapter serves the county; in larger metros, multiple chapters may serve different sub-regions.
- Reach out via the chapter’s public channels. Most YRT chapters maintain a Facebook page, Instagram account, or X (Twitter) account. A handful of chapters also operate their own independent websites, which are linked above where known. Use these channels to introduce yourself and ask about the next member meeting.
- If you cannot find a chapter’s contact info, use the YRT statewide contact form. Learn about YRT and reach out to the statewide federation directly, YRT leadership will route you to the right chapter team.
- Show up. First-time attendees are welcomed at every YRT chapter meeting in the network. Membership is free, requires no prior political experience, and is open to any Texan ages 18-40 who supports the Republican Party of Texas platform.
For Texans in Areas Without a YRT Chapter
If you live in a Texas county that is not currently covered by a YRT chapter, there are 254 counties in Texas, and the 21 YRT chapters cannot cover every one, the best path forward is to contact YRT leadership through the YRT contact page and let the statewide federation know. Regional coverage expansion is an ongoing priority, and member interest in a specific area is the most common starting point for new chapter conversations.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many YRT chapters are there in Texas?
Young Republicans of Texas currently operates 21 chartered chapters across Texas as of 2026. The chapters span every major Texas metro, the fastest-growing exurban counties, the Hill Country, the Gulf Coast refinery corridor, West Texas, and the rural reliably-red counties. For the most current chapter list, see the official YRT chapter directory.
What region has the most YRT chapters?
North Texas and the DFW Metroplex have the heaviest YRT presence, with 10 of the 21 chapters serving counties from Dallas and Fort Worth out through the surrounding suburban and exurban counties (Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Parker, Hunt, Johnson, Hood, and Van Zandt). This reflects both the conservative density of the DFW suburban ring and the population of young professionals in the metro.
Do all YRT chapters have their own websites?
No. A minority of YRT chapters operate their own independent websites. Chapters with known independent websites include Dallas County YR (dallasyr.org), Plano YR (planoyr.com), Rockwall County YR (rockwallyr.com), Travis County YR (travisyr.com), Comal County YR (comalyr.com), and Gillespie County YR (gcyrs.com). Most other chapters maintain a web presence through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, and in some cases Substack. The YRT chapter directory shows current web and social links for every chapter.
Is there a YRT chapter near me?
If you live in any of Texas’s major metros (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin/Travis County, San Antonio, Lubbock, Waco, Bryan-College Station, Beaumont/Port Arthur) or in one of the suburban or rural counties listed in this directory, there is likely a YRT chapter serving your area. Use the directory above to check, or visit the official YRT chapter finder for the most current information.
What is the difference between a YRT chapter and a county Republican Party?
A county Republican Party is the official county-level organization of the Republican Party of Texas, responsible for precinct chairs, primary elections, party governance, and county-level campaign coordination. A YRT chapter is the youth auxiliary serving conservative Texans ages 18 to 40 in that county or region. The two organizations coordinate closely, YRT members frequently volunteer for county party operations during election cycles, but they have separate leadership, separate events, and separate membership programs. For a fuller explanation, see our Texas Republican leadership guide.
How do I start a new YRT chapter in my county?
YRT chapter formation is handled directly by YRT state leadership. If your county does not currently have a chapter and you want to express interest in starting one, contact YRT through the official contact channels. New chapter conversations typically begin with a member-interest phase and progress through YRT’s internal chartering process on a case-by-case basis.
Related Reading
- What Is a Young Republican? A Texan’s Guide to the Modern Conservative Youth Movement
- Texas Republican Leadership: Who Runs the Republican Party of Texas (2026 Guide)
- YRT vs. Texas Young Republican Federation (TYRF): A Factual Comparison
- YRT vs. Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT): What’s the Difference?
- The 12 Most Conservative Cities in Texas (2026 Rankings)
This directory reflects the YRT chapter network as of 2026. For the most current chapter list, officer roster, and chapter web presence, consult the official YRT chapter directory. If any chapter information in this post is inaccurate or out of date, please let us know and we will update the post.