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Six months into her tenure as party chairman, Brehm was jolted when the Democrats, with [[Beto O'Rourke]] in his challenge to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], and [[Lupe Valdez]] in her long-shot bid against [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]], swept Bexar County in the mid-term election held on November 6, 2018.  

Six months into her tenure as party chairman, Brehm was jolted when the Democrats, with [[Beto O'Rourke]] in his challenge to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]], and [[Lupe Valdez]] in her long-shot bid against [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]], swept Bexar County in the mid-term election held on November 6, 2018.  

Brehm led in the primary election for a second term as chairman in the primary on March 3, 2020. She polled 24,166 votes (33.5 percent) and now faces John B. Austin, the runner-up in a runoff contest scheduled for May 26. Austin, the owner of JBA, Inc., a real estate appraisal company, also in takes conservative positions on issues but maintains that Brehm failed to lead a united party in critical elections in 2018. Austin is endorsed by the four preceding Webb County chairmen, including his campaign treasurer, San Antonio attorney [[Roy Barrera, Jr.]], chairman from 1992 to 2004, and [[Robert Stovall]], the chairman from 2013 to 2017. Austin's wife, the former Daphne Previti, is an attorney and former judge of the Texas 289th District Court, with service from 2015 to 2018, when she was unseated by a Democrat, Carlos Quezada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electjohnaustin.com/|title=John Austin: Endorsed by Trusted, Proven, Local Republican Leaders|publisher=Electjohnaustin.com|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> Meanwhile, Daphne Austin is the Republican nominee for the the District 386 judgeship in the forthcoming general election on November 3, 2020. In that contest she faces the Democrat Jacqueline Valdés, who easily outpolled Austin in their respective primaries on March 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Daphne_Previti_Austin|title=Daphne Previti Austin|publisher=Ballotpedia.com|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref>

Brehm led in the primary election for a second term as chairman in the primary on March 3, 2020. She polled 24,166 votes (33.5 percent) and now faces John Bernard Austin (born 1968), the runner-up in a runoff contest scheduled for May 26. Austin, the owner of JBA, Inc., a real estate appraisal company, also in takes conservative positions on issues but maintains that Brehm failed to lead a united party in critical elections in 2018. Austin is endorsed by the four preceding Webb County chairmen, including his campaign treasurer, San Antonio attorney [[Roy Barrera, Jr.]], chairman from 1992 to 2004, and [[Robert Stovall]], the chairman from 2013 to 2017. Austin's wife, the former Daphne Previti, is an attorney and former judge of the Texas 289th District Court, with service from 2015 to 2018, when she was unseated by a Democrat, Carlos Quezada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electjohnaustin.com/|title=John Austin: Endorsed by Trusted, Proven, Local Republican Leaders|publisher=Electjohnaustin.com|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> Meanwhile, Daphne Austin is the Republican nominee for the the District 386 judgeship in the forthcoming general election on November 3, 2020. In that contest she faces the Democrat Jacqueline Valdés, who easily outpolled Austin in their respective primaries on March 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Daphne_Previti_Austin|title=Daphne Previti Austin|publisher=Ballotpedia.com|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref>

   

   

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