New Bexar County GOP Chair Jeff McManus campaigned as a conservative firebrand, but is now reaching out to moderates ahead of the November election.
Gonzales’s office did not respond to an email requesting a comment on the race.
Now that the race is over, however, McManus says he’s working to make inroads with all factions of the GOP, including meeting recently with the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.“Originally, we started with Trump, pro-Trump, and now we, in the last several months, transitioned that phrase more to “America First,” said Laura Kirby, a Republican precinct chair who helped McManus’s campaign.
McManus — whose campaign included handing out water bottles that said “thirsty for change” — said he is working hard to present himself as a chair who can help expand the party. “I can’t tell you how free I felt growing up. I mean, really free in the ’50s, ’60s and into the mid-’70s. It was incredible,” said McManus.
McManus’s early efforts to connect with various wings of the Republican Party seem to have earned him some leniency from conservative activists hoping to capitalize on the midterm elections this fall.
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