Kraus, a recent convert to right-wing politics—she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016—doesn’t look like a MAGA conservative. A petite brunette with clear blue eyes, a pert nose, and an easy manner, she favors oversized shirts and menswear-inspired suits. Before her year on the campaign trail, she told me, she’d never worn a blazer. “I think the expectation to sort of match the occasion was hard for someone who lives in California and doesn’t really wear makeup or shoes,” she said. The first time I met her in person, at a gala for New York’s Young Republican Club, she wore a sleek suit with a bow tie and heels, drank a vodka Martini, and called Nigel Farage “cute.”journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter