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 {{Infobox officeholder
 |name=James Roy Dickey
 |birth_date=November 23, 1966
 |birth_place =Place of birth missing

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-'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) has been since 2017 the former chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]]. A [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party.
+'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) is the former chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]], with service from 2017 to 2020. Generally considered a [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County Republican Party.
 ==Background==

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-'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) has been since 2017 the chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]]. A [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party.
+'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) has been since 2017 the former chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]]. A [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party.
 ==Background==
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 Dickey told [[Breitbart]] editor Matt Boyle that Texas "will require all hands on deck to ensure a Trump victory there in the 2020 presidential election. Without our thirty-eight electoral votes, no Republican candidate has a path to victory for the foreseeable future. That is why we are asking for the support of people around the country. We need the financial support, but we need the team, we need you on record to show you support this presidency."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/28/texas-gop-chair-warns-state-requires-all-hands-deck-ensure-trump-2020-victory/|title=Texas GOP chair warns state requires all hands on deck to ensure Trump 2020 victory|publisher=[[Breitbart]]|author=Michael Patrick Leahy|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
-Dickey lost his chairmanship on July 20, 2020, when the [[African-American]] [[conservative]] [[Allen West]] won a considerable majority among delegates to the state senatorial conventions.
+Dickey lost his chairmanship on July 20, 2020, when the [[African-American]] [[conservative]] [[Allen West]] won a considerable majority among delegates to the state senatorial conventions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/20/allen-west-james-dickey-texas-gop-chairman/|title=Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman: West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention|author=Patrick Svitek|date=July 20, 2020|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''}}</ref>
 ==References==

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 {{Infobox officeholder
 |name=James Roy Dickey
 |birth_date=November 23, 1966
 |birth_place =Place of birth missing
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 |office=Chairman of the<br> [[Republican Party]] of [[Texas]]
 |term_start=May 20, 2017
-|term_end=
+|term_end=July 20, 2020
 |preceded=Thomas Richard "Tom" Mechler
-|succeeded=
+|succeeded=[[Allen West]]
 |spouse=Lynda Dickey (married 1989)<br>
 |children=Jay, Donna, and Dakota Dickey
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 Dickey told [[Breitbart]] editor Matt Boyle that Texas "will require all hands on deck to ensure a Trump victory there in the 2020 presidential election. Without our thirty-eight electoral votes, no Republican candidate has a path to victory for the foreseeable future. That is why we are asking for the support of people around the country. We need the financial support, but we need the team, we need you on record to show you support this presidency."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/28/texas-gop-chair-warns-state-requires-all-hands-deck-ensure-trump-2020-victory/|title=Texas GOP chair warns state requires all hands on deck to ensure Trump 2020 victory|publisher=[[Breitbart]]|author=Michael Patrick Leahy|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
-Dickey will face a challenge to hold on to the chairmanship. [[Allen West]], a conservative [[African-American]] former [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Florida]], announced in the summer of 2019 that he would seek the chairmanship at the state convention in 2020.
+Dickey lost his chairmanship on July 20, 2020, when the [[African-American]] [[conservative]] [[Allen West]] won a considerable majority among delegates to the state senatorial conventions.
 ==References==

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 ==Background==
-Dickey (place of birth missing) graduated from Polytechnic High School in [[Fort Worth]] and then [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]], at which he earned a degree in [[political science]] and [[English]]. He then obtained a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, a [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated institution.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jamesrdickey|title=James Dickey|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref> Dickey and his wife of nearly thirty years, Lynda, reside west of Austin in Spicewood in Burnet County in the Texas Hill Country. They have three children.<ref name=facebook/>Dickey has previously resided in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], Bloomfield, [[Connecticut]], and [[Dallas]] , [[Plano]], and Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/James-R-Dickey/Spicewood-TX|title=James R. Dickey - Spicewood, Texas|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
+Dickey (place of birth missing) graduated from Polytechnic High School in [[Fort Worth]] and then [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]], at which he earned a degree in [[political science]] and [[English]]. He then obtained a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, a [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated institution.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jamesrdickey|title=James Dickey|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref> Dickey and his wife of nearly thirty years, Lynda, reside west of Austin in Spicewood in Burnet County in the Texas Hill Country. They have three children.<ref name=facebook/> Dickey has previously resided in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], Bloomfield, [[Connecticut]], and [[Dallas]] , [[Plano]], and Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/James-R-Dickey/Spicewood-TX|title=James R. Dickey - Spicewood, Texas|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
-From March 1 to September 20, 2016, Dickey temporarily lost his Travis County chairmanship<ref name=mystatesman>{{cite web|url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/james-dickey-reclaims-leadership-the-travis-county-republican-party/GWyO9UtC6NJwVpzdVGOFPO/|title=James Dickey reclaims leadership of the Travis County Republican Party|author=Jonathan Tilove|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=September 21, 2016|accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> to insurgent Robert Partlow Morrow (an [[Alabama]] native born on June 20, 1964), who was subsequently disqualified for the position after he announced a write-in candidacy for [[U.S. President]] against [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/25/travis-county-gop-set-try-oust-morrow/|title=Texas GOP Officials: Controversial Travis County Chairman Is Out|author=Patrick Svitek|date=August 25, 2016|publisher=The Texas Tribune|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref> whom he called a "child rapist." An Austin resident who supports [[abortion]] on demand and is anti-[[Israel|Israeli]] in foreign policy, Morrow is co-author with Trump ally [[Roger Stone]] of ''The Clintons' War on Women.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Robert.Morrow.888?fref=ufi|title=Robert Morrow|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref> After Morrow's disqualification, Dickey defeated, 62-26, the [[Moderate Republican]] political consultant Brendan Steinhauser of Austin, who managed the successful [[John Cornyn]] Senate re-election campaign in 2014. Dickey endorsed Trump in the 2016 general election, but Steinhauser said that it would be difficult for him to cast a vote for the national Republican nominee.<ref name=mystatesman/>
+From March 1 to September 20, 2016, Dickey temporarily lost his Travis County chairmanship<ref name=mystatesman>{{cite web|url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/james-dickey-reclaims-leadership-the-travis-county-republican-party/GWyO9UtC6NJwVpzdVGOFPO/|title=James Dickey reclaims leadership of the Travis County Republican Party|author=Jonathan Tilove|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=September 21, 2016|accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> to insurgent Robert Partlow Morrow (an [[Alabama]] native born on June 20, 1964), who was subsequently disqualified for the position after he announced a write-in candidacy for [[U.S. President]] against [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/25/travis-county-gop-set-try-oust-morrow/|title=Texas GOP Officials: Controversial Travis County Chairman Is Out|author=Patrick Svitek|date=August 25, 2016|publisher=The Texas Tribune|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref> whom he called a "child rapist." An Austin resident who supports [[abortion]] on demand and is anti-[[Israel]]i in foreign policy, Morrow is co-author with Trump ally [[Roger Stone]] of ''The Clintons' War on Women.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Robert.Morrow.888?fref=ufi|title=Robert Morrow|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref> After Morrow's disqualification, Dickey defeated, 62–26, the [[Moderate Republican]] political consultant Brendan Steinhauser of Austin, who managed the successful [[John Cornyn]] Senate re-election campaign in 2014. Dickey endorsed Trump in the 2016 general election, but Steinhauser said that it would be difficult for him to cast a vote for the national Republican nominee.<ref name=mystatesman/>
 ==State party chairman==
-In the spring of 2017, Dickey was elected by the margin of one vote as the chairman of his state party. He defeated Richard Scott "Rick" Figueroa (born September 13, 1969) of Brenham in Washington County, 33-32, in a vote of the Republican State Executive Committee. He succeeded Thomas Richard "Tom" Mechler of [[Amarillo]], a more [[Moderate Republican]], who stepped down because of personal reasons after a brief tenure as party chairman and had favored Figueroa as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasgopvote.com/government/texas-has-new-republican-party-chair-james-dickey-009818|title=Texas Has a New Republican Party Chair - James Dickey|author=Sonja Harris|publisher=Texasgopvote.com|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
+In the spring of 2017, Dickey was elected by the margin of one vote as the chairman of his state party. He defeated Richard Scott "Rick" Figueroa (born September 13, 1969) of Brenham in Washington County, 33–32, in a vote of the Republican State Executive Committee. He succeeded Thomas Richard "Tom" Mechler of [[Amarillo]], a more [[Moderate Republican]], who stepped down because of personal reasons after a brief tenure as party chairman and had favored Figueroa as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasgopvote.com/government/texas-has-new-republican-party-chair-james-dickey-009818|title=Texas Has a New Republican Party Chair - James Dickey|author=Sonja Harris|publisher=Texasgopvote.com|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
 [[Gary Polland]], editor of ''Texas Conservative Review,'' an on-line newsletter, hailed Dickey's first year as chairman based on nine key numbers:<br>
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            - Number of paid Republican Party staff members.<ref name=gpolland>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasconservativereview.com/|title=Thre Is Only One Choice for RPT Chair: James Dickey|publisher=''Texas Conservative Review''|date=May 29, 2018|author=[[Gary Polland]]|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
-Dickey was elected to a full two-year term as state chairman at the Republican state convention in June 2018. He was opposed by intra-party rival, Cindy Asche, a precinct chair in Denton County north of [[Dallas]], whose father is a former GOP national committeeman.<ref name=gpolland/> Asche questioned Dickey's past partnership at a hedge fund that lost $20 million in 2001 for the Art Institute of Chicago. The [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] charged fraud in the matter. Dickey paid a fine to the SEC without admitting guilt.<ref name=txobserver>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crazies-have-fully-taken-over-the-texas-gop/|title=The ‘Crazies’ Have Fully Taken Over the Texas GOP: At the state GOP convention, Dan Patrick said his side had “won.” He’s right|publisher=''The Texas Observer''|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref> Jennifer L. Stoner (born June 26, 1947) of Pflugerville near Austin, resigned as the party accounting director on grounds that she considers Dickey "untrustworthy.” Stoner claimed that Dickey had sought information on party finances in an Excel file, which is editable, rather than the usual PDF. Asche's claims had no apparent impact on Dickey's election as state chairman.<ref name=txobserver/>
+Dickey was elected to a full two-year term as state chairman at the Republican state convention in June 2018. He was opposed by intra-party rival, Cindy Asche, a precinct chair in Denton County north of [[Dallas]], whose father is a former GOP national committeeman.<ref name=gpolland/> Asche questioned Dickey's past partnership at a hedge fund that lost $20 million in 2001 for the Art Institute of Chicago. The [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] charged fraud in the matter. Dickey paid a fine to the SEC without admitting guilt.<ref name=txobserver>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crazies-have-fully-taken-over-the-texas-gop/|title=The ‘Crazies’ Have Fully Taken Over the Texas GOP: At the state GOP convention, Dan Patrick said his side had "won." He’s right|publisher=''The Texas Observer''|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref> Jennifer L. Stoner (born June 26, 1947) of Pflugerville near Austin, resigned as the party accounting director on grounds that she considers Dickey "untrustworthy.” Stoner claimed that Dickey had sought information on party finances in an Excel file, which is editable, rather than the usual PDF. Asche's claims had no apparent impact on Dickey's election as state chairman.<ref name=txobserver/>
 ==Dickey fearful of Republican prospects in 2020==

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 ,862        - Republican candidates on the Texas ballot in the 2018 primary, more than double the number that the [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] had on their ballot<br>
            - Donations exceeding $5,000 in the past ten months<br>
-           - Number of paid Republican Party staff members.<ref name=gpolland>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasconservativereview.com/|title=Thre Is Only One Choice for RPT Chair: James Dickey|publisher=''Texas Conservative Review''|date=May 29, 2018|author=Gary M. Polland|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
+           - Number of paid Republican Party staff members.<ref name=gpolland>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasconservativereview.com/|title=Thre Is Only One Choice for RPT Chair: James Dickey|publisher=''Texas Conservative Review''|date=May 29, 2018|author=[[Gary Polland]]|accessdate=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
 Dickey was elected to a full two-year term as state chairman at the Republican state convention in June 2018. He was opposed by intra-party rival, Cindy Asche, a precinct chair in Denton County north of [[Dallas]], whose father is a former GOP national committeeman.<ref name=gpolland/> Asche questioned Dickey's past partnership at a hedge fund that lost $20 million in 2001 for the Art Institute of Chicago. The [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] charged fraud in the matter. Dickey paid a fine to the SEC without admitting guilt.<ref name=txobserver>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crazies-have-fully-taken-over-the-texas-gop/|title=The ‘Crazies’ Have Fully Taken Over the Texas GOP: At the state GOP convention, Dan Patrick said his side had “won.” He’s right|publisher=''The Texas Observer''|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref> Jennifer L. Stoner (born June 26, 1947) of Pflugerville near Austin, resigned as the party accounting director on grounds that she considers Dickey "untrustworthy.” Stoner claimed that Dickey had sought information on party finances in an Excel file, which is editable, rather than the usual PDF. Asche's claims had no apparent impact on Dickey's election as state chairman.<ref name=txobserver/>

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 In the spring of 2017, Dickey was elected by the margin of one vote as the chairman of his state party. He defeated Richard Scott "Rick" Figueroa (born September 13, 1969) of Brenham in Washington County, 33-32, in a vote of the Republican State Executive Committee. He succeeded Thomas Richard "Tom" Mechler of [[Amarillo]], a more [[Moderate Republican]], who stepped down because of personal reasons after a brief tenure as party chairman and had favored Figueroa as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasgopvote.com/government/texas-has-new-republican-party-chair-james-dickey-009818|title=Texas Has a New Republican Party Chair - James Dickey|author=Sonja Harris|publisher=Texasgopvote.com|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
-Gary Michael Polland, editor of ''Texas Conservative Review'', an on-line newsletter, hailed Dickey's first year as chairman based on nine key numbers:<br>
+[[Gary Polland]], editor of ''Texas Conservative Review,'' an on-line newsletter, hailed Dickey's first year as chairman based on nine key numbers:<br>
 ,543,725    - Record number of voters participating in the March 6 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[primary]] won by incumbent   [[Greg Abbott]]<br>

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	Dickey told [[Breitbart]] editor Matt Boyle that Texas "will require all hands on deck to ensure a Trump victory there in the 2020 presidential election. Without our thirty-eight electoral votes, no Republican candidate has a path to victory for the foreseeable future. That is why we are asking for the support of people around the country. We need the financial support, but we need the team, we need you on record to show you support this presidency."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/28/texas-gop-chair-warns-state-requires-all-hands-deck-ensure-trump-2020-victory/\|title=Texas GOP chair warns state requires all hands on deck to ensure Trump 2020 victory\|publisher=[[Breitbart]]\|author=Michael Patrick Leahy\|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>		Dickey told [[Breitbart]] editor Matt Boyle that Texas "will require all hands on deck to ensure a Trump victory there in the 2020 presidential election. Without our thirty-eight electoral votes, no Republican candidate has a path to victory for the foreseeable future. That is why we are asking for the support of people around the country. We need the financial support, but we need the team, we need you on record to show you support this presidency."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/28/texas-gop-chair-warns-state-requires-all-hands-deck-ensure-trump-2020-victory/\|title=Texas GOP chair warns state requires all hands on deck to ensure Trump 2020 victory\|publisher=[[Breitbart]]\|author=Michael Patrick Leahy\|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
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		+	Dickey will face a challenge to hold on to the chairmanship. [[Allen West]], an [[African-American]] former [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Florida]], announced in the summer of 2019 that he would seek the chairmanship at the state convention in 2020.

	==References==		==References==

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	'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) has been since 2017 the chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]]. A [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party.		'''James Roy Dickey''' (born November 23, 1966) has been since 2017 the chairman of the [[Texas]] [[Republican Party]]. A [[conservative]] from the [[liberal]] capital city of [[Austin]], Dickey had scored record fund-raising and excelled at candidate recruitment. An [[insurance]] agent, he is also the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party.
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		+	==Background==

	Dickey (place of birth missing) graduated from Polytechnic High School in [[Fort Worth]] and then [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]], at which he earned a degree in [[political science]] and [[English]]. He then obtained a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas\|Waco]], Texas, a [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated institution.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/jamesrdickey\|title=James Dickey\|publisher=[[Facebook]]\|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref> Dickey and his wife of nearly thirty years, Lynda, reside west of Austin in Spicewood in Burnet County in the Texas Hill Country. They have three children.<ref name=facebook/>Dickey has previously resided in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], Bloomfield, [[Connecticut]], and [[Dallas]] , [[Plano]], and Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/James-R-Dickey/Spicewood-TX\|title=James R. Dickey - Spicewood, Texas\|publisher=Intelius.com\|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>		Dickey (place of birth missing) graduated from Polytechnic High School in [[Fort Worth]] and then [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]], at which he earned a degree in [[political science]] and [[English]]. He then obtained a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas\|Waco]], Texas, a [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated institution.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/jamesrdickey\|title=James Dickey\|publisher=[[Facebook]]\|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref> Dickey and his wife of nearly thirty years, Lynda, reside west of Austin in Spicewood in Burnet County in the Texas Hill Country. They have three children.<ref name=facebook/>Dickey has previously resided in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], Bloomfield, [[Connecticut]], and [[Dallas]] , [[Plano]], and Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/James-R-Dickey/Spicewood-TX\|title=James R. Dickey - Spicewood, Texas\|publisher=Intelius.com\|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref>