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A descendant of original settlers from the [[Canary Islands]] who were instrumental in the founding of San Antonio, Brehm defeated Ponce Gonzalez in the runoff contest with nearly 70 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CynthiaBrehmTx/|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=scandal>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP chair faces backlash over husband's scandal" (commentary), ''The San Antonio Express-News'', May 27, 2018, p. A2.</ref> As soon as she was elected chairman, it was reported that Brehm had refused to reveal details of a sexual misconduct scandal involving her husband, Norman Brehm, a retired military officer since employed by General Dynamics Corporation in [[Afghanistan]]. The two have lived apart for seven years. She resides in a $647,000 home in the wealthy Dominion neighborhood which they co-own. He can visit her only occasionally because of the distance between Texas and Afghanistan. Patty Gibbons, a past Brehm supporter and critic of Speaker Joe Straus, said that she is appalled to learn of Norman Brehm's indecency case and questions Cynthia Brehm for trying to keep the matter private. In an email on May 25, 2018, Brehm said that her husband "sadly got into [[pornography]] and did something absolutely stupid. He flashed my 14-year-old daughter." Norman Brehm escaped prosecution on an indecency charge because his case was forward after expiration of the [[statute of limitations]]. On May 13, 2009, the sentence for the indecency charge was set aside by the [[United States Army]] Court of Criminal Appeals.<ref name=scandal/>
A descendant of original settlers from the [[Canary Islands]] who were instrumental in the founding of San Antonio, Brehm defeated Ponce Gonzalez in the runoff contest with nearly 70 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CynthiaBrehmTx/|title=Cynthia Brehm|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=scandal>Gilbert Garcia, "GOP chair faces backlash over husband's scandal" (commentary), ''The San Antonio Express-News'', May 27, 2018, p. A2.</ref> As soon as she was elected chairman, it was reported that Brehm had refused to reveal details of a sexual misconduct scandal involving her husband, Norman Brehm, a retired military officer since employed by General Dynamics Corporation in [[Afghanistan]]. The two have lived apart for seven years. She resides in a $647,000 home in the wealthy Dominion neighborhood which they co-own. He can visit her only occasionally because of the distance between Texas and Afghanistan. Patty Gibbons, a past Brehm supporter and critic of Speaker Joe Straus, said that she is appalled to learn of Norman Brehm's indecency case and questions Cynthia Brehm for trying to keep the matter private. In an email on May 25, 2018, Brehm said that her husband "sadly got into [[pornography]] and did something absolutely stupid. He flashed my 14-year-old daughter." Norman Brehm escaped prosecution on an indecency charge because his case was forward after expiration of the [[statute of limitations]]. On May 13, 2009, the sentence for the indecency charge was set aside by the [[United States Army]] Court of Criminal Appeals.<ref name=scandal/>
Tylden Shaeffer, the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Bexar County District Attorney in the November 6 [[general election]] against the Democrat Joe D. Gonzales, said that he is "extremely troubled" by the Brehm revelation and called upon her to step down "today" as the party chairman. Gibbons said that she fears Brehm's presence in the campaign will alienated party donors and damage the campaigns of down-ballot Republicans in the fall.<ref name=scandal/> According to KTSA [[radio]] talk show host [[Jack Riccardi]], Brehm will not resign as party chairman despite the questions raised.<ref>''[[Jack Riccardi|The Jack Riccardi Show]]'', May 29, 2018.</ref>
Tylden Shaeffer, the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Bexar County District Attorney in the November 6 [[general election]] against the Democrat Joe D. Gonzales, said that he is "extremely troubled" by the Brehm revelation and called upon her to step down "today" as the party chairman. Gibbons said that she fears Brehm's presence in the campaign will alienated party donors and damage the campaigns of down-ballot Republicans in the fall.<ref name=scandal/> Brehm refused to resign as party chairman despite the questions raised.<ref>''[[Jack Riccardi|The Jack Riccardi Show]]'', May 29, 2018.</ref>
Six months into her tenure as party chairman, Brehm was jolted when the Democrats, including [[Beto O'Rourke]] in his challenged 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.
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