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Before he became chairman, Dorazio and his wife, Monica, had each contributed $500 to the candidacy of Hollywood Park Mayor Christopher Michael "Chris" Falls (born 1975), the insurgent who failed to topple Larson in the March 6 primary. Dorazio as chairman pledged support to the winner of the primary, either Falls or Larson, in the November 6 general election. Larson has been a persistent intra-party critic of [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]]. Straus, meanwhile, is vacating his District 121 seat and did not run for another office in 2018.<ref name=ggarcia>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP county chair donated to Rep. Larson's challenger, ''San Antonio Express-News,'' January 21, 2018, p. 2.</ref>

Before he became chairman, Dorazio and his wife, Monica, had each contributed $500 to the candidacy of Hollywood Park Mayor Christopher Michael "Chris" Falls (born 1975), the insurgent who failed to topple Larson in the March 6 primary. Dorazio as chairman pledged support to the winner of the primary, either Falls or Larson, in the November 6 general election. Larson has been a persistent intra-party critic of [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]]. Straus, meanwhile, is vacating his District 121 seat and did not run for another office in 2018.<ref name=ggarcia>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP county chair donated to Rep. Larson's challenger, ''San Antonio Express-News,'' January 21, 2018, p. 2.</ref>

A week after Dorazio became county chairman, the county executive committee pushed through a resolution to [[censure]] Straus for his RINO positions even though Straus had already announced that he would not seek to remain a House member in 2019. Dorazio's backers were largely the grassroots leaders who bucked Straus and Larson. However, Dorzaio soon found himself in partial agreement with another Bexar County RINO, Jeff Wentworth, the current justice of the peace in Precinct 3 and a former state senator who was unseated in 2014 by the more conservative [[Donna Campbell]] of New Braunfels. Campbell turned back an intraparty challenge in the March 6 primary from another female candidate, the moderate Republican, Shannon McClendon. The party rejected the candidacy of Wentworth's only primary opponent, Russ Latham, after it was found that sixty-five of Latham's petition signers did not reside in Bexar County.<ref name=ggarcia/>

A week after Dorazio became county chairman, the county executive committee pushed through a resolution to [[censure]] Straus for his RINO positions even though Straus had already announced that he would not seek to remain a House member in 2019. Dorazio's backers were largely the grassroots leaders who bucked Straus and Larson. However, Dorzaio soon found himself in partial agreement with another Bexar County RINO, Jeff Wentworth, the current justice of the peace in Precinct 3 and a former state senator who was unseated in 2014 by the more conservative [[Donna Campbell]] of New Braunfels. Campbell turned back an intraparty challenge in the March 6 primary from another female candidate, the[[Moderate Republican]], Shannon McClendon. The party rejected the candidacy of Wentworth's only primary opponent, Russ Latham, after it was found that sixty-five of Latham's petition signers did not reside in Bexar County.<ref name=ggarcia/>

Dorazio was not a candidate for a full-term as Bexar County chairman in the March 6 primary but is the Precinct 3091 chairman. [[Cynthia Brehm]], who lost a 2015 bid for [[mayor]] of San Antonio and a 2017 race for the District 8 seat on the city council, led the four-candidate. She is self-identified as a social conservative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cynthia_Brehm|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> Other candidates are Dwight Parscale, who lost the interim election to Dorazio, and finished the primary with 21 percent of the ballots cast. JoAnn Ponce Gonzalez (23 percent), a former agent with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms who carried considerable business support, entered the May 22 runoff with Brehm. Andres Holliday finished fourth with the remaining 11 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/heres-how-five-most-interesting-local-texas-primaries-turned-out/|title=Here's how six of Texas' most interesting local primaries turned out: Bexar County Republican Party Chair|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|author=Rishika Dugyala|date=March 7, 2018|accessdate=March `12, 2018}}</ref> Brehm, a descendant of original settlers from the [[Canary Islands]] who were instrumental in the founding of San Antonio, defeated Ponce Gonzalez in the runoff contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CynthiaBrehmTx/|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 24, 2018}}</ref>

Dorazio was not a candidate for a full-term as Bexar County chairman in the March 6 primary but is the Precinct 3091 chairman. [[Cynthia Brehm]], who lost a 2015 bid for [[mayor]] of San Antonio and a 2017 race for the District 8 seat on the city council, led the four-candidate. She is self-identified as a social conservative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cynthia_Brehm|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> Other candidates included Dwight Parscale, who lost the interim election to Dorazio, and finished the primary with 21 percent of the ballots cast. JoAnn Ponce Gonzalez (23 percent), a former agent with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms who carried considerable business support, entered the May 22 runoff with Brehm. Andres Holliday finished fourth with the remaining 11 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/heres-how-five-most-interesting-local-texas-primaries-turned-out/|title=Here's how six of Texas' most interesting local primaries turned out: Bexar County Republican Party Chair|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|author=Rishika Dugyala|date=March 7, 2018|accessdate=March `12, 2018}}</ref> Brehm, a descendant of original settlers from the [[Canary Islands]] who were instrumental in the founding of San Antonio, defeated Ponce Gonzalez in the runoff contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CynthiaBrehmTx/|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 24, 2018}}</ref>

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