Gonzales’s victory brings to an end a contentious primary challenge that split the GOP as some of the Texas Republicans’s peers in the House endorsed his opponent.
, setting the stage for him to be reelected to a third term in his Texas House seat while defeating a far-right challenger who was backed by many of the incumbent’s GOP colleagues in the lower chamber. Gonzales’s victory brings to an end a monthslong contentious primary challenge that split the GOP as some of the Texas Republicans’s peers in the House endorsed his opponent to oust him from his seat.
Herrera, a gun rights activist nicknamed the “AK Guy” and hard-right YouTuber, challenged Gonzales after the incumbent broke with party lines in 2022 to vote in favor of a bill that would strengthen gun safety laws. The measure came in response to a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which is located in Gonzales’s district.
That vote is what spurred Herrera to challenge Gonzales for his seat, telling gun rights activists at an event earlier this year that “if you vote against our interests, if you vote against gun rights, if you vote against the Constitution … we will challenge you, we will primary you and we will win. We will take your f***ing job.
Gonzales will go on to face Democratic candidate Santos Limon in the November election. The district is rated as R+5 and is expected to lean Republican.
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