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'''Cynthia Turner Brehm''', formerly known as '''Cindy Speer''' (born May 11, 1960), is the former chairman of the Bexar County [[Republican Party]], based in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. She was chosen by voters in the runoff election held on May 22, 2018, to succeed the interim chairman, [[Mark Dorazio]], who like Brehm is considered a staunch [[conservative]] in the party, which also has a considerable [[Moderate Republican]] wing associated with former state House [[Speaker]] [[Joe Straus]] and departing [[U.S. Representative]] [[Will Hurd]] of Texas' 23rd congressional district.

'''Cynthia Turner Brehm''', formerly known as '''Cindy Speer''' (born May 11, 1960), is the former chairman of the Bexar County [[Republican Party]], based in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. She was chosen by voters in the runoff election held on May 22, 2018, to succeed the interim chairman, [[Mark Dorazio]], who like Brehm is considered a staunch [[conservative]] in the party, which also has a considerable [[Moderate Republican]] wing associated with former state House [[Speaker]] [[Joe Straus]] and departing [[U.S. Representative]] [[Will Hurd]] of Texas' 23rd congressional district.

 

On July 14, 2020, Brehm lost her bid for a second two-year term, 67 to 33 percent, to her more moderate opponent, John Austin, who carried the support of [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/post/we-have-lot-healing-do-john-austin-defeats-incumbent-bexar-county-gop-chair|title='We Have a Lot of Healing to Do' - John Austin Defeats Incumbent Bexar County GOP Chair|publisher=Texas Public Radio|date=July 14, 2020|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>

On July 14, 2020, Brehm lost her bid for a second two-year term, 67 to 33 percent, to her more moderate opponent, John Austin, who carried the support of [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]].<ref name=austindefeatsbrehm>{{cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/post/we-have-lot-healing-do-john-austin-defeats-incumbent-bexar-county-gop-chair|title='We Have a Lot of Healing to Do' - John Austin Defeats Incumbent Bexar County GOP Chair|publisher=Texas Public Radio|date=July 14, 2020|author=Dominic Anthony Walsh|accessdate=July 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

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>

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 came under fire in the campaign from [[Moderate Republican]]s on the premise that she promoted a "conspiracy theory" about the shooting of [[George Floyd]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].

 

Austin accused Brehm of not giving enough support for local candidates in the 2018 elections, when [[Beto O'Rourke]] led "a blue wave" statewide that swept several Republican judges out of office in Bexar County even though O'Rourke lost his [[U.S. Senate]] race to incumbent Republican [[Ted Cruz]]. Brehm also came under fire in the campaign from [[Moderate Republican]]s on the premise that she promoted a "conspiracy theory" about the shooting of [[George Floyd]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. She also claimed that the [[coronavirus]] was “promulgated by the Democrats to undo all the good that President Trump has done for our country." She encouraged people to “take off your masks.”<ref name=austindefeatsbrehm/>

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