Did I hear that the Texas affair Congressman is resigning?

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Can’t find anything yet.
This would be sweet

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1. Guess he is another

Mandated 10 commandments in classroom freaks.

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2. I think he is a she.

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3. I was thinking this was the Gonzalez

Affair report.

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6. Yep

It is - but is he resigning

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5. No - Tony Gonzalves

https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/tony-gonzales-affair-blackmail-adrian-aviles-21362828.php

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7. I finally sorted it out, and he's no resigning despite everyone telling him to do so

He’s already losing newspaper endorsements

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4. Voting has started in the Texas races

You cannot withdraw at this point. Hopefully the voters will vote Gonzales out

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8. More here

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-we-know-about-the-wild-tony-gonzales-affair-story.html

A Texas congressional race is in turmoil after new allegations that the Republican incumbent, Representative Tony Gonzales, had an affair with a now-deceased staffer, Regina Santos-Aviles. Gonzales has denied reports of an affair with Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide last year, accusing his political rival of politicizing her death. But calls are growing for the congressman to exit the race ahead of a March 3 primary. Here, what we know.

In an interview with the Express-News, Aviles confirmed that he learned about his wife’s affair with Gonzales last year and said that he couldn’t allow the congressman to “lie on my wife’s name.”

“Tony abused his power. He should have held himself to a higher standard as a congressional leader,” Aviles told the outlet. “I hope that Tony will stand up and be accountable for his actions.”

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9. MaddowBlog-Republican congressman faces bipartisan resignation calls following latest allegations

Rep. Tony Gonzales was already facing a serious scandal, but the Texan is now confronting something new: GOP calls for his ouster.

It’s not every day when House Republicans call on one of their own colleagues to resign.

But the scandal surrounding Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is not just another controversy — even if Speaker Mike Johnson is reluctant to act on it.
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-24T16:27:32.596Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-congressman-faces-bipartisan-resignation-calls-following-latest-allegations

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was already facing a serious scandal. On Monday, however, newly released text messages between the congressman and a former aide generated something new: bipartisan calls for his resignation. The New York Times highlighted some of Gonzales’ GOP colleagues who now believe he needs to go.

‘Resign!’ wrote Representative Lauren Boebert, a hard-right Republican from Colorado, in a social media post that included images of the text messages. Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican on the House Oversight Committee, urged colleagues to condemn Mr. Gonzales for ‘asking for explicit photos’ of a member of his staff. … Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, also said Mr. Gonzales should resign immediately instead of ‘campaigning like nothing happened.’

A variety of other GOP officials, including Texas Reps. Chip Roy and Brandon Gill, stopped short of calling for Gonzales’ ouster, but they urged him to end his re-election campaign in light of the allegations.

The underlying scandal reached new heights last week when The San Antonio Express-News, Gonzales’ hometown newspaper, reported on a text message from Regina Santos-Aviles, a former aide to the congressman, who said she had an extramarital affair with Gonzales. Santos-Aviles died by suicide last year.....

Pressed for answers on Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded that the underlying allegations are “serious,” adding that he’s urged Gonzales to address the controversy “in an appropriate way with his constituents.” The Louisiana Republican did not, however, join the list of members calling on Gonzales to step down, concluding, “It’s too early for anybody to prejudge any of that, but we’ll see how it develops.”

Johnson is hardly a dispassionate observer. His House Republican Conference was already shrinking when, earlier this month, the GOP majority in the chamber was reduced to a one-vote margin. If Gonzales were to resign, his party’s advantage would hardly exist at all, and the Republicans’ ability to move legislation would largely come to an end, at least for a few months.

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10. Thanks for this

He has to go

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11. He's dropped out of the race

https://democraticunderground.com/107873107

One day after admitting he had an affair with his staffer, who died by suicide, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales is dropping his bid for reelection.