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14          - 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>

14          - 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>

Dickey is a candidate for a two-year term as state chairman at the Republican state convention in June 2018. He is 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/>.

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 Stoner, the party accounting director, told the convention that she was resigning because she considered 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 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 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>