| − | '''Mark Evan Dorazio''' (born January 4, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-dorazio/e183709701456|title=Mark E. Dorazio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is the interim chairman of the [[Republican Party]] in Bexar County. He assumed the position in December 2017, when the incumbent Robert Stovall resigned to run in the March 6, 2018, primary for the District 21 seat being vacated by the long-term Republican incumebent [[Lamar Smith]]. | + | '''Mark Evan Dorazio''' (born January 4, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-dorazio/e183709701456|title=Mark E. Dorazio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is the interim chairman of the [[Republican Party]] in Bexar County. He assumed the position in December 2017, when the incumbent [[Robert Stovall]] resigned to run in the March 6, 2018, primary for the District 21 seat being vacated by the long-term Republican incumebent [[Lamar Smith]]. |
| | Dorazio is considered more [[conservative]] than Stovall, who as chairman was a staunch defender of Texas House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] and District 122 state Representative Lyle Larson, two [[RINO]] party figures from San Antonio often at odds with the grassroots. Straus prevented the state House of Representatives from taking a vote in 2017 on the bill pushed by Lieutenant Governor [[Dan Patrick]] to forbid transgendered men from entering women's restrooms on the grounds that the legislation would discourage business expansion in Texas. However, in 2015, the staunchly pro-life Stovall became an early and ardent supporter of the [[Donald Trump]] presidential campaign.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Candidate out to Make District 21 great again", ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 26, 2018, p. A2.</ref> | | Dorazio is considered more [[conservative]] than Stovall, who as chairman was a staunch defender of Texas House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] and District 122 state Representative Lyle Larson, two [[RINO]] party figures from San Antonio often at odds with the grassroots. Straus prevented the state House of Representatives from taking a vote in 2017 on the bill pushed by Lieutenant Governor [[Dan Patrick]] to forbid transgendered men from entering women's restrooms on the grounds that the legislation would discourage business expansion in Texas. However, in 2015, the staunchly pro-life Stovall became an early and ardent supporter of the [[Donald Trump]] presidential campaign.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Candidate out to Make District 21 great again", ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 26, 2018, p. A2.</ref> |