Robson Ranch’s Lisa Dyer Witnesses History at Republic Convention

Before coming to Texas in 2017, Lisa Dyer was involved in her community — as much as being a mom of three children allowed — serving on various committees and groups in the states of Iowa, Nebraska, and Virginia. 

She remained engaged when she and her family relocated to Justin for her husband Jim’s employment as senior director for critical infrastructure for a telecom company. Even though the realtor has been a lifelong Republican, she never considered becoming highly active in politics until recent years.

“You just kind of live your life and have trust between the citizenry and elected officials who are following the Constitution and doing what they’re supposed to do, which is looking out for your best interests,” she said. “It just seems since 2020, you are seeing little glimmers that they’re not necessarily doing that. It’s our duty as citizens to speak up and let our elected officials know that you’re not happy with the job they are doing.”

So, when she and Jim became empty nesters and later moved to Robson Ranch, she decided to dive in. 

“I just tired of the disinformation in politics, and I just wanted to go out and have a voice, let my voice be heard, I guess,” she said, “It’s been kind of a slow process since about March of 2020 when Covid started hitting, and inside my spirit I just felt something was awry and not right. 

“You start learning more about what seem to be untruths coming from both sides – not just a Democrat thing or a Republican thing. You look at some of these long-time politicians and it seems they care more about power than about serving the needs of the people who elected them, and they forget about that Declaration of Independence and especially the Constitution. 

“So, I started paying attention more, doing research on some things, getting involved. It’s been a bit easy living here at Robson Ranch. It’s a highly politically involved community. So, we joined the Republican Club out here.”

Soon thereafter, Lisa began participating in Denton County, then in Congressional District 26. She attended the state convention in May in San Antonio and left elected as one of three delegates to take part in the Republican National Convention in July in Milwaukee. 

“When we went to the state convention, going to national wasn’t really on our mind because you kind of assume that they probably have those people picked,” she said. “Then when we were going to the special district meeting, we found out you can run for it, that there’s an election.”

She soon learned if nominated and elected to the position, she would have to foot all expenses to Wisconsin. After talking to Jim and agreeing it was something she wanted to do, she put together and printed flyers to let people know about her. They responded with 91 votes vs. 71 for Joel Krause. 

Deciding to pay for the trip herself without fundraisers, Lisa joined with 160 other Texas delegates flying to Madison, 90 minutes away because hotels in Milwaukee were booked. They rode on a bus back and forth each day for four days. 

Fellow Robson Ranch resident Kimo Sutton and Harvest’s Mike Montes were the other district delegates. Alternates were Josh Hendrickson, Sterling Mosley, and Hallie Inge.

Their contingent arrived on Sunday night, too late for a welcome party. The next morning, Lisa secured her credentials and Texas hat and shirt donated by Plano-based Toyota North America and took the morning bus to Milwaukee. The remaining three days, they would have breakfast at their hotel before heading east. 

As a delegate, Lisa was positioned on the Fiserv Forum floor,  while alternates and guests sat in the permanent stands. Occasionally she would trade with her alternate so that person could experience that part of the convention. 

“There were some great speakers. The whole experience was so exciting and electrifying,” she said. “Every night, the anticipation and excitement just built more and more until Thursday when you knew (Donald) Trump was going to talk.”

Lisa returned home that Friday and soon thereafter she was invited to appear on former Texas Republican Party chair Allen West’s podcast. 

“It was a fantastic experience,” she said. Just like her time in Milwaukee.