Michelle LoweSolis, a former Air Force assistant deputy undersecretary, won the party chairmanship by a razor-thin margin Thursday night.
Michelle LoweSolis, a former Air Force assistant deputy undersecretary, won the chairmanship of the Bexar County Democratic Party by a razor-thin margin in a special election Thursday night. The contest had been triggered by party boss Monica Ramirez Alcántara's resignation days after the Nov. 5 presidential election. “I appreciate everybody's vote, whether you voted for me or not,” LoweSolis told precinct chairs who voted for their new leader via Zoom .
, when January 6 happened, and that was just kind of a shocking moment for me,” LoweSolis said in an interview. “Having spent my entire adult life defending the United States of America, and seeing that happen, it was just shocking.” LoweSolis returned to San Antonio in the summer of 2021 and began working with the Mothers Against Greg Abbott political action committee.
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