Meet Randy
Randy Purham was born and raised in Chicago, IL in 1980. He has a master’s in political science and a bachelor’s in business administration from American Military University. He enlisted into the US Army in June 1998 and completed Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort McClellan, AL as a Chemical Operations Specialist (74D). He has completed 5 campaigns in 3 tours to Iraq and 1 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. For over 22 years, he’s been in a parallel career as part of the Multi-Level Marketing industry as an Independent Business Owner for various Home-Based Businesses in his spare time. In 2013 he published his first book, “The NEW You: Now Equipped with Wisdom,” to help people that are seeking guidance in personal and professional development.
From 2019-2020 he served as Commander of VFW Post 12159 - Naples, Italy and District 1 Commander, Department of Europe VFW, Vice Chairman for the Other Ranks Association – Joint Force Command Naples. Currently he produces as an Internet TV Host of Purham & Associates for The Exceptional Conservative Network (TECN) www.tecntv.com.
Randy retired from the US Army in September 2020 and is a former US Congressional Candidate for the state of Alaska. He now is CEO and Founder of Purham & Associates, LLC, a political consulting firm in Texas. He serves as a Precinct Chair in Travis County, District Captain for Convention of States and he recently managed a US Congressional race in District 10, Texas’ Primary. His personal philosophy behind everything he does is inspired by Zig Ziglar, “If you help enough people get everything they need, you’ll have everything you need.”
Education:
- MA Political Science
- BA Business Administration
- AA General Studies
Honor Societies & Club Associations
- The National Society of Leadership and Success – Sigma Alpha Pi
- Pi Gamma Mu – West Virginia Iota Chapter
- Political Science Scholars – AMU
- African American Learning, Inclusion, and Guidance Network – AMU
- Student Veterans of America (SVA) – AMU
Volunteer Organizations
- Precinct Chairman – Precinct 422, Travis County, Austin, Texas
- Outreach Committee Chairman
- Candidate Recruiting Committee Member
- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Department of Europe (Naples, Italy)
- Convention of States – Regional Captain SD21/HD51
- SREC Committeeman - Senate District 21
- Black MBA - Austin Chapter
