If that’s true, the article did her a great disservice. Besides playing up difference after difference with her own party (and portraying those differences largely as the result of her being a “sensible moderate”), the author also makes sure to portray Mahoney as a woman who blames opposition to her on sexism.
RINOs like to blame conservatives for all their troubles. They never reciprocate any support they’re given. The wolf in sheep’s clothing ultimately weakens the GOP.