My Fellow Texas Republican,


Throughout the coming weeks, I will remain in direct contact with important
status reports to keep you connected with the latest information during this
pandemic and its impact on the strategic operations and business of the
Republican Party of Texas.


The main thing I want you to take away from this email and to know every day
is this: we are working incredibly hard to keep our plans on track for Victory
in November. The business of the Republican Party of Texas is working to elect
and re-elect our Republicans from the White House to the courthouse. We are
prepared and excited to continue to execute on the winning plan we mapped out
and set in place over the last 18 months to deliver all of our electoral votes
for President Trump and win big for Republicans across Texas on November 3. We
will stay on course for Victory in November and we ask you tojoin us in that
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A BRIEF RECAP

Last week, I shared my gratitude to Republican Leadership across our great
state as they complied with their local emergency declarations and either held
their Senate District or County Conventions safely because they were under the
10-person threshold, or adjourned their meetings for a later date so that they
would take place after May 15 - outside the 8-week CDC suspension window.
Leaders of nearly three hundred conventions ensured that an effort that could
have come off the rails very easily instead worked smoothly and efficiently.
Thank you all, very much, again.


This Saturday, April 4, the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) will
meet electronically. This is our next step to finalize the details to
officially move our State Convention from May 14-16 to July 16-18 in Houston.

CORONAVIRUS SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES EXTENDED TO APRIL 30

In his Sunday news conference, President Donald Trump extended his Coronavirus
social distancing guidelines to April 30. Today, at his press conference,
Governor Greg Abbott joined the President in extending those guidelines out to
April 30 for the state of Texas. This specific extension does not affect the
postponements of our Senate District and County Conventions, as RPT had already
recommended moving those local Conventions well past May 15, and made
provisions for them to be held as late as June 27. 


The Republican Party of Texas is 100% committed to the Coronavirus response
plans that continue to be communicated by President Donald Trump, Vice
President Mike Pence and Governor Greg Abbott. We have a duty to the safety and
the health of those who work at the Party and those who wish to become
delegates to the State Convention. The President, Vice President and the
Governor have given us the information we need to make the decisions we must in
a time when we need it most. 


The Republican Party of Texas remains committed to doing all we can to flatten
the curve and #slowthespread of Coronavirus. Please continue to stay up-to-date
on the latestexecutive orders of President Trump and Governor Greg Abbott.
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news from our leaders affects the strategic operations and business of the
Republican Party of Texas.


I echo the President’s message and that of our Governor - please stay safe and
heed the guidelines that have been announced. Your health is of the utmost
importance. RPT has gone to great lengths to do our part to keep you healthy
and stop the spread of this awful illness. This virus is very contagious and
not worth the risk of a careless outing. Let’s continue to pray for each other
and keep up communication and visits online while we cannot be together in
person.

RPT SERVES DURING THE PANDEMIC

RPT has reignited #RPTServes to connect those Texans who need help with those
who can help. 

#RPTServes is once again calling for “all hands on deck”. Though we all must
practice social distancing and take every precaution to prevent the spread of
this virus, there is much that we as individuals and as a community can do to
assist and affirm the most vulnerable during this pandemic. I kicked off
#RPTServes by donating blood.You can catch the video here if you missed it.
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We are asking all Texas Republicans to help out. Some of the ways you can do
so include: checking in on your neighbors to see how they are doing, giving
blood at a blood bank to support those at the hospitals and keep up the
inventory, donating to a local food bank to help families in need, calling
first responders or health care workers to see if you can support them with
coffee or breakfast or offer to cover the cost for those items, or by creating
a Facebook group to keep those in your neighborhood connected.

Today is Great American Takeout Tuesday! #RPTServes encourages support for our
local restaurants by ordering takeout meals throughout the week or purchasing
gift cards to celebrate special occasions or to support our first responders
and healthcare workers.

We have posted these and other ideas at our RPT Serves Facebook group. Join
that group today by clicking here
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NEWS ON STATE CONVENTION & CONVENTION HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS

The SREC will meet electronically this Saturday, April 4 to vote on the move
of our State Convention from May 14-16 to July 16-18 in Houston at the George
R. Brown Convention Center. The RPT Officials Committee recently cleared the
path for RPT Executive Director, Kyle Whatley, to negotiate details of contract
revisions with the George R. Brown Convention Center, the Marriott Marquis (our
Convention hotel) and with other Convention vendors in preparation for the
April 4 SREC Meeting.

RPT will be opening Convention registration and the first hotel room block
after the Easter Holiday on April 15. Out of consideration for those who will
be holding their County/SD conventions in May or even June, we will not be
releasing the full block of rooms at the Marriott Marquis Hotel when
registration opens on April 15. Instead we will be releasing the first block on
April 15, when registration opens, then again in May and again in June. All the
dates and times for releasing rooms will be posted well in advance. 

Grassroots Club members who sign up with an annual membership or monthly
membership at $25 per month have first advance access to book convention hotel
rooms ahead of each new room-block release!If you are not already a member,
sign up for the Grassroots Club today
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Because of pre-existing commitments at the Marriott Marquis for the new
convention dates we will not have as large a room block as we had for May. We
will, though, also have room blocks available at several hotels that are a
short walk to the Convention Center and ona shuttle route
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between those hotels and the convention center Monday - Friday.

NOVEMBER IS COMING

I am grateful for the vision and foresight to begin our march to victory in
2020 immediately following the 2018 election. Had we not spent every day since
that election preparing for victory this November, we would be in a very
difficult position right now. But because we went to work immediately in
November 2018 to prepare for November 2020, we are right on track to execute
our plans despite the worst pandemic in a century. Because of the vision and
foresight we had and the hard work we put in, the Republican Party of Texas
ended 2019 with a record $4.4M on hand and we head into this second quarter of
2020 with a never-before-reached $4.7M on hand to defeat Democrats this
November.

We are making the necessary adjustments from in-person to phones and digital
efforts for our field staff. Training is continuing online. We will continue to
work tirelessly to hit our milestones as we continue to move forward to Victory
in November.

The Republican Party of Texas is going to stay on the right track to win in
November for President Trump and our Republicans up and down the ballot!

Join us on this critical mission to see Victory in November! One way you can
help keep up our momentum and do so at a safe distance -- sign up for our10K
for 10R program to help register voters <[link removed]>.
We have our RPT VEP team on the phones now and they are getting new voters
registered in Texas! You can be a part of it, too! Volunteers like you are the
lifeblood that will keep our momentum strong! Sign up today and an RPT VEP
staff member will call you to get you going!

This is an unprecedented time, and we face unprecedented challenges. But this
is a time - and these are challenges - that we will conquer as long as we are
united. I will continue to be in communication with you as we navigate this
unique time for our Party.

As President Trump says, we are all in this together. Let’s keep working
together to WIN TOGETHER in November 2020!

For Victory,

James Dickey

Chairman, Republican Party of Texas

 

 

 

 

 

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