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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==

==Background==

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>

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>

 

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