In 1961, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity.
[8] In 2001, Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum rated Goolsby 86 percent conservative, among the higher evaluations of Texas lawmakers.
The suit contends that George and Goolsby filed a false voter complaint against Miller with the district attorney of Dallas County.
Miller then claimed that the complaint was used in 2006 to attack her campaign and to suppress African-American voter turnout in District 102.
[11] After he left the legislature after twenty years, Goolsby became a lobbyist at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
In 2011, Goolsby indicated that he planned to seek the District 8 seat in the Texas State Senate to succeed the retiring Republican Florence Shapiro of Plano,[12] but he never sought the post.