Most companies work hard to keep their politics quiet. Conservative Move made the opposite its business plan.[1] The McKinney, Texas real estate network was founded in 2017 by Paul Chabot, a two time Republican candidate for Congress, and it exists to help people leave what it calls blue states and resettle in red ones. Asked early on why he started it, Chabot told NBC 5 in 2017 that he did not want to see "a bunch of liberals move here and mess it up."[2]
- Despite the name, it is not a brokerage but a nationwide agent referral network.
- Founder Paul Chabot is a Navy Reserve intelligence commander and former GOP congressional candidate.
- Chabot became his own first customer, leaving California for Texas before building the company.
- He runs three parallel brands: Conservative Move, Law Enforcement Move, and Military Vet Move.
- During his 2016 campaign, Chabot mailed "ISIS hunting permit" decals to campaign donors.
Quick Take
Conservative Move is about as openly partisan as an American company gets, and that is the point. Founder Paul Chabot ran for Congress twice as a Republican in California, lost both races to Democrat Pete Aguilar, then moved his family to Texas and turned the relocation into a company in May 2017.[3] Since arriving he has launched a "Keep Texas Red" super PAC, founded a group called McKinney Conservatives, and won an elected seat on the Texas GOP convention platform committee.[4] The service pitches families who feel their community "no longer reflects morals and values," and Chabot has described leaving a blue state as "like leaving a really bad relationship."[5] The company keeps its finances private, but it has told reporters it works through a network of agents in roughly 40 states.[6]
A Company That Runs on Its Politics
Conservative Move does not sell houses directly. It runs a referral network: partner agents help a client list and sell a home in the state they are leaving, while a second agent helps them buy in the community they are moving to, with Conservative Move taking a share of the agent's commission.[6] The founders frame the service as a values decision rather than a transaction, promising great schools, safe streets, and lower taxes, along with a "pro-freedom job board" for new arrivals.[1] By 2019 the company said it had grown from a dozen agents in five states to more than 250 agents across about 40 states, according to NBC 5 in Dallas.[2] Chabot has estimated the operation has helped tens of thousands of families and has said its early years were profitable, though as a private company it discloses no financials.[6]
The relocation pitch is one of three parallel businesses Chabot has built on the same idea. Alongside Conservative Move he launched Law Enforcement Move and Military Vet Move, aimed at helping police officers and veterans relocate on the same blue to red model.[3]
What the Company Says It Stands For
The company's public message is unusually direct about who it is for. Its own site tells visitors that when a community "no longer reflects morals and values, it might be time to move," and frames the destination as somewhere a family can feel safe, valued, and at home.[1] Chabot has been careful to say the service is open to anyone and that agents do not ask about a client's political affiliation, while adding in the same breath that the pitch is aimed at people "fed up with the leftist policies" of the states they are leaving.[6] Those are the founder's own words about his customers rather than a neutral market description, and the brand name delivers the same message before a visitor reads a single line.
The Candidate Behind the Company
Paul Chabot's politics are a matter of public record well beyond the company. He was the Republican candidate for California's 31st Congressional District in both 2014 and 2016, losing each time to Democrat Pete Aguilar.[4] Before those races he served as a commissioner on the California parole board under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and worked as a White House policy adviser on law enforcement.[3] He serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve at the rank of Commander in naval intelligence and is a retired law enforcement officer.[9] During his 2016 campaign he drew national coverage for mailing "ISIS hunting permit" decals to supporters who donated twenty five dollars or more.[7]
After the 2016 loss, Chabot moved to McKinney and started Conservative Move in May 2017, and he kept campaigning in his new home.[3] He founded the "Keep Texas Red" super PAC, which registered with the Federal Election Commission as an independent expenditure only committee in September 2017,[10] served as a delegate to the Texas GOP convention, and in 2022 ran for the Texas House of Representatives in District 61, advancing to a Republican primary runoff before losing.[4] His 2016 congressional bid had drawn independent expenditures from conservative aligned groups, including the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, supporting his candidacy that cycle.[8] The business is family run: his wife, Brenda Chabot, is a licensed Texas realtor who works alongside him.[9]
How the Move Actually Works
For a client, the service is built to be turnkey and free to use, since the revenue comes from the agent commission rather than a fee. Conservative Move says its agents coordinate both ends of a move, connect buyers with preferred lenders for conventional or VA loans, arrange discounted rates with moving companies, and, once a family arrives, help with introductions to local clubs, organizations, and neighbors who made the same move.[1]
Where to Find Them
Conservative Move operates online at conservativemove.com and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas, in Collin County north of Dallas.[1] Rather than storefront offices, it works through a nationwide network of affiliated real estate agents, so clients deal with a local agent in both their origin and destination markets.[6]
Footnotes
[1] Conservative Move, company website, accessed August 4, 2026. https://conservativemove.com/ [2] Meredith Yeomans, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS), "'A Lightbulb Went Off': Conservative Moving Company Expands Across US," March 14, 2019. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/a-lightbulb-went-off-conservative-moving-company-expands-across-us/253442/ [3] Wikipedia, "Paul Chabot," accessed August 4, 2026 (biographical; underlying campaign and company sources cited where available). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chabot [4] Ballotpedia, "Paul Chabot," accessed August 4, 2026. https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Chabot [5] KOTA-TV, "Real estate company helping conservatives move to red states," February 2020. https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Real-estate-company-helping-conservatives-move-to-red-states-568165731.html [6] Wyoming Public Media (Mountain West News Bureau), "Real Estate Business Caters To Conservatives Looking For 'Redder' Pastures," January 2020. https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics/2020-01-31/real-estate-business-caters-to-conservatives-looking-for-redder-pastures [7] CBS Los Angeles, "San Bernardino-Area Congressional Candidate Giving Away ISIS 'Hunting Permits' To Donors," May 2, 2016. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/san-bernardino-area-congressional-candidate-giving-away-isis-hunting-permits-to-donors/ [8] Federal Election Commission independent expenditure records, 2016 cycle, California 31st District, compiled by ProPublica, accessed August 4, 2026. https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/independent_expenditures/2016/ca/house/31 [9] Conservative Move, "Meet the Conservative Move Team," accessed August 4, 2026. https://conservativemove.com/about-us/team/
[10] Federal Election Commission, "Keep Texas Red" committee overview (C00655886), registered September 19, 2017, accessed August 4, 2026. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00655886/
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