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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>
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>
1,543,725 - Record number of voters participating in the March 6 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[primary]] won by incumbent [[Greg Abbott]]<br>
1,543,725 - Record number of voters participating in the March 6 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[primary]] won by incumbent [[Greg Abbott]]<br>