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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 (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>  

In 2016, Dickey temporarily lost his Travis County chairmanship to insurgent Robert Partlow Morrow ([[Alabama]] native born 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>

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.<ref name=mystatesman

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>