The Bandera County Republican Women met on Thursday, May 7, by virtual meeting with the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, James Dickey. Dickey shared with the group the strategies that the Republican Party is using to prepare for the 2020 election. He spoke about increasing Republican voter registration as well as recruiting and training more candidates for office. The chairman also noted a huge increase in last year’s legislative session in the number of times party representatives testified at legislative hearings about bills that dealt with Republican platform items, like taxpayer-supported lobbying, right to life, constitutional carry, red light cameras and property ...