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Gonzales' Departure Clears Path for Republican Gun Rights 'Absolutist' in Texas Congressional Race
Tony Gonzales withdrew after admitting an affair tied to a staffer’s suicide, leaving Brendan Herrera unopposed for the GOP nomination in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District.
- On Thursday night, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales withdrew, clearing the way for Brendan Herrera's uncontested GOP nomination in Texas' 23rd Congressional District.
- Support for Gonzales began to evaporate amid a scandal over his affair, and party leaders urged him to withdraw, but he will serve out his current term, helping the GOP maintain its slim majority.
- A former North Carolina resident who moved to Texas in 2020, Herrera describes himself as a 'Second Amendment Absolutist' and criticized Gonzales' support for gun safety after the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde.
- Democrats hope to pull off an upset by casting Brendan Herrera as a fringe hard-right figure, but Republican strategists warn the party must weigh if he is worth the 'headache' in Texas' 23rd Congressional District.
- Last Thursday, a lawyer representing the president sent Herrera a 'cease and desist', complicating GOP calculations in a district that last year Trump carried by nearly 15 points.
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