Tony Gonzales

Gonzales, who represents a Texas border district, tells a Tribune Festival audience that his own party will be to blame for defeats in the November election.

Herrera said he doesn’t expect the results to change, “but I feel I owe it to my volunteers, voters, and supporters to leave no stone unturned.”

District 23 covers the longest stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border of any district, and it includes both Eagle Pass and Uvalde.

The incumbent congressman was censured by the Texas Republican Party for supporting a gun safety bill and same sex marriage. Now he's being targeted by four primary challengers to represent the border district.

Tony Gonzales, who represents District 23, which spans from San Antonio along the border to El Paso, voted last year in favor of gun control stemming from the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting.

The Trump-era policy has been used to expel asylum-seeking migrants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some lawmakers hail its possible end, others have asked the Biden administration to hold off on ending the policy.

Tony Gonzales will succeed Republican Will Hurd, who planned to step down after the end of his current term.

Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Tony Gonzales (R) are in a tight, heated race to represent TX-23 — a massive swing district that encompasses counties from San Antonio to the Texas-Mexico border — in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The head of Customs and Border Protection says an ad from a Texas Congressional candidate with a fake Border Patrol agent is “not appropriate.”Tony…

This post was updated on Thursday, June 25, at 5:55 p.m.Hoping to succeed Will Hurd as U.S. Representative for the 23rd District of Texas are Republican…