| | '''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 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 the past chairman of the Travis County (Austin) Republican Party. |
| − | 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]]. He then obtained a master's 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=Jamesw 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=Jamesw Dickey|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}</ref> |
| | In 2016, Dickey temporarily lost his Travis County chairmanship to insurgent Robert Partlow Morrow (born June 20, 1964, in [[Alabama]]), 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> | | In 2016, Dickey temporarily lost his Travis County chairmanship to insurgent Robert Partlow Morrow (born June 20, 1964, in [[Alabama]]), 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> |