John Jackson, a native of Waco, Texas has over 10 years' experience in Republican politics. John attended both Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Texas A&M in College Station. While at Texas A&M he was elected to the position of chairman of the College Republicans.

After college, John began his political career as a field director for Van Taylor's congressional campaign. John ran several campaigns at varying levels of including Virginia State Delegate, State Representative, State Senate, Congress, and US Senate. John has worked in Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and North Dakota. In addition, John served as Political Director for Lt. Governor David Dewhurst's 2010 re-election campaign where the candidate won with 62% of the vote.

John currently serves as the Texas Victory Director. Before becoming Victory Director, John was the Director of Special Projects for the Republican Party of Texas where he oversaw three Victory Centers for the 2012 election. Volunteers at the Victory Centers made over 2 million phone calls and were instrumental in the Party's ability to set another record and increase its number of elected officials by over 300.

Additionally, John helped to set the Party's legislative agenda for the 83rd Legislative Session. He is now working to overhaul the Party's comprehensive voter identification program and is working with the grassroots, third-party vendors and the Republican National Committee to ensure that Texas stays a solidly Republican state.