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Brehm led in the primary election for a second term as chairman in the primary held on March 3, 2020. She polled 24,166 votes (33.5 percent) and now faces John Bernard Austin (born 1968), who trailed Brehm by about 2 percent of the ballots cast. A runoff contest scheduled for May 26 was postponed until July 14. The owner of JBA, Inc., a real estate appraisal company, Austin also 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>  

Brehm led in the primary election for a second term as chairman in the primary held on March 3, 2020. She polled 24,166 votes (33.5 percent) and now faces John Bernard Austin (born 1968), who trailed Brehm by about 2 percent of the ballots cast. A runoff contest scheduled for May 26 was postponed until July 14. The owner of JBA, Inc., a real estate appraisal company, Austin also 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>

Meanwhile, Daphne Austin was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the the District 386 juvenile court judgeship in the general election on November 3, 2020. She lost her race to Democrat Jacqueline Valdés, who had 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>

Austin accused Brehm of not giving enough support for local candidates in the 2018 elections. She 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/>

Austin accused Brehm of not giving enough support for local candidates in the 2018 elections. She 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/>