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Mack Latimer
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Mackenzie "Mack" Latimer — Chronological Biography

Comprehensive chronological account of early life, academic degrees, active-duty United States Army service, county party leadership, federal candidacy, campaign management, and civic service. Maintained for factual reference (last verified November 2026).

1994–2012Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas

Early Life and Military-Family Upbringing

Flour Bluff High School

Born in Hampton, Virginia, in 1994, Latimer grew up in a career U.S. Army household ("Army brat"), relocating across five states before completing high school on the Texas Gulf Coast.

  • Born in Hampton, Virginia, in 1994 and lived during early childhood at Fort Rucker, Alabama (1994–1995), and in Killeen, Texas (1995–1999).
  • Lived in Atlanta, Georgia (1999), and Savannah, Georgia (2000–2004), before his family settled in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 2004.
  • Resided in Corpus Christi from 2004 to 2012 and graduated from Flour Bluff High School in the spring of 2012.
2012–2016West Point, New York

United States Military Academy at West Point

United States Military Academy

Entered the United States Military Academy in July 2012 and graduated in May 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree, double-majoring in Economics (Econometrics) and American Politics.

  • Reported to West Point, New York, in July 2012 following graduation from Flour Bluff High School.
  • Completed a double major in Economics (Econometrics track; 3.85 major GPA) and American Politics (3.70 major GPA).
  • Authored the senior thesis “Time after Time: An Analysis on Time Served in Prison’s Effect on 3-Year Recidivism” in collaboration with the U.S. Army Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis (OEMA), earning the highest thesis grade in his class year.
  • Graduated in May 2016 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree and received a commission as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army.
May 2016–May 2021Columbus, Georgia • Fort Hood, Texas • Manbij, Syria

United States Army Infantry Service (3rd Cavalry Regiment)

3rd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army

Served five years on active duty as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer, leading a forward-deployed combat platoon in Manbij, Syria, holding troop executive and battalion logistics command roles at Fort Hood, and attaining the rank of Captain.

  • Completed initial infantry officer training in Columbus, Georgia (2016–2017), before reporting to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood in Bell County, Texas (residing in Killeen from 2017 to 2020 and settling in Belton in 2020).
  • Served at Fort Hood as Squadron Adjutant and Tactical Battle Captain (2017–2018), Troop Executive Officer (second-in-command of a 120-soldier combat cavalry troop managing over $100 million in equipment, 2019–2020), and Battalion Director of Logistics / S4 (managing over $500 million in property and generating more than $1 million in verified recurring annual savings, 2021).
  • Deployed to Manbij, Syria (2018–2019), as a forward-deployed Combat Platoon Leader during the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war, conducting over 300 Key-Leader Engagements with local councils and more than 400 security patrols, repelling two armed incursions, authoring the theater withdrawal plan for U.S. forces west of the Euphrates River, and establishing the tactical security cordon for urgent medical evacuation after the January 16, 2019 Manbij attack.
  • Awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, and National Defense Service Medal; honorably completed active duty as a Captain (O-3) in May 2021.
June 2022–June 2023Belton & Bell County, Texas

Chair of the Bell County Republican Party

Bell County Republican Party

Elected in 2022 to succeed retiring 32-year county chair Nancy Boston, administering party operations across Texas’s 15th most populous county through the 2022 midterm cycle before resigning in June 2023.

  • Won election in the 2022 Republican primary following Nancy Boston’s retirement after 32 years as Chair of the Bell County Republican Party, assuming office in June 2022.
  • Directed county party governance, annual budgeting, candidate vetting, and county conventions across a jurisdiction of approximately 390,000 residents and 220,000 registered voters.
  • Recruited and organized 196 active precinct and grassroots volunteers within his first 90 days in office and overhauled election-worker recruitment, vetting, and training.
  • Resigned as Chair of the Bell County Republican Party in June 2023 to enter the 2024 congressional primary; succeeded as county chair by Addie Baird.
June 2023–March 2024Bell and Williamson Counties, Central Texas

2024 U.S. House Campaign (Texas’s 31st Congressional District)

Republican Primary Candidate (FEC ID: H4TX31065)

Challenged incumbent U.S. Representative John Carter in the March 5, 2024 Republican primary for Texas’s 31st congressional district, placing third of six candidates district-wide and second in Bell County.

  • Formally announced candidacy in Belton in June 2023 on a platform emphasizing the national debt, federal spending restraint, border security, military leadership accountability, parental rights, and congressional term limits.
  • Reported $30,163 in pre-primary campaign receipts with the Federal Election Commission (Candidate ID H4TX31065) and received the primary recommendation of True Texas Project.
  • In the certified March 5, 2024 Republican primary returns, received 6,593 votes (7.8%) across the six-candidate field district-wide (third place) and 2,507 votes (11.19%) in Bell County (second place behind incumbent John Carter).
May 2024–presentBelton & Central Texas

Cerberus Campaigns, Local Government Reform & Texas Victory for Liberty PAC

Cerberus Campaigns • Texas Victory for Liberty PAC

Founded Cerberus Campaigns as Founder & Chief Executive Officer in May 2024 to engineer campaign software and manage county and municipal races, testified for abolishing redundant county constitutional offices, and leads Texas Victory for Liberty PAC.

  • Founded Cerberus Campaigns in Belton in May 2024, developing integrated voter-contact software, recruiting and training county campaign managers, and directing five Bell County and municipal campaigns in the 2026 cycle: David Bass (elected to Killeen City Council, District 3, May 2026), Adriane Hodges (defeated the incumbent Bell County Treasurer in the March 2026 Republican primary and elected unopposed in the November 2026 general election), Michael Tice (won the May 2026 Republican runoff and elected unopposed in November 2026 as Bell County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2), John Gauntt Jr. (elected unopposed in November 2026 as Judge, Bell County Court at Law No. 3), and Curtis Emmons (Republican nominee in the November 2026 general election for Bell County Commissioner, Precinct 4).
  • Conducted historical and fiscal policy research on abolishing the constitutional office of County Treasurer in Texas—noting that ten Texas counties had already eliminated the 1845 constitutional office after creation of the County Auditor system in 1905—and testified at a May 2026 Bell County Commissioners Court workshop covered by The Belton Journal.
  • Leads Texas Victory for Liberty PAC, a Texas political action committee focused on recruiting constitutional-conservative local candidates, restraining municipal and county government expansion, and publishing local bond-debt and property-tax accountability research.
October 2024–presentBelton & Temple, Texas

Small Business Ownership & Secondary Education

The Edge Barbershop (Temple) • Providence Preparatory School (Belton)

Acquires and operates local small-business enterprise in Temple while teaching senior-level government and political philosophy in Belton.

  • Acquired The Edge Barbershop in Temple, Texas, in October 2024, managing a staff of nine barbers and two receptionists and implementing a custom operational software redesign.
  • Serves since January 2025 as Senior Government Teacher at Providence Preparatory School in Belton, Texas, developing and instructing a senior-year curriculum focused on political philosophy, American constitutional structures, and civic engagement.
2020–presentBelton & Temple, Texas

Civic Service, Veterans Organizations & Personal Life

Bell County Civic & Veterans Institutions

Active civic and veterans volunteer in Bell County, residing in Belton, Texas, with his wife, Laura Beth Latimer.

  • Serves as a deacon at Grace Bible Church and volunteers with the Children’s Advocacy Center of Central Texas.
  • Civic and service-club involvement includes board service with the Temple Founder Lions Club and membership in the Temple South Rotary Club and Texas Young Republicans Federation.
  • Veterans affiliations include board service with the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and membership in Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4008 and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).
  • Married to Laura Beth Latimer, an attorney for the Center for the American Future.
Geographic & Service Posting Log

Residential & Military Posting Chronology (1994–Present)

Complete chronological record of residences across childhood in a career U.S. Army family, cadet years at West Point, commissioned infantry postings, and civilian life in Central Texas.

YearsCity / InstallationContext
1994Hampton, VirginiaBirthplace; born into an active-duty U.S. Army family.
1994–1995Fort Rucker, AlabamaEarly childhood military-family posting.
1995–1999Killeen, TexasChildhood military-family posting in Central Texas near Fort Hood.
1999Atlanta, GeorgiaMilitary-family relocation.
2000–2004Savannah, GeorgiaElementary school years during military-family service in coastal Georgia.
2004–2012Corpus Christi, TexasMiddle and high school years; graduated from Flour Bluff High School in 2012.
2012–2016West Point, New YorkCadet at the United States Military Academy (entered July 2012; graduated May 2016 with a B.S. in Economics/Econometrics and American Politics).
2016–2017Columbus, GeorgiaCompleted commissioned U.S. Army infantry officer training.
2017–2020Killeen, TexasActive-duty infantry officer assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, including 2018–2019 combat deployment to Manbij, Syria.
2020–presentBelton, TexasBattalion Logistics Officer S4 at Fort Hood (2021), Bell County Republican Party Chair (June 2022–June 2023), 2024 TX-31 candidacy, Founder & CEO of Cerberus Campaigns (2024–present), Owner of The Edge Barbershop in nearby Temple (2024–present), and Senior Government Teacher at Providence Preparatory School (2025–present).