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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) will not seek reelection, he announced late Thursday. Why it matters: His announcement came hours after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his House GOP leadership team called on Gonzales to drop out of his race after the Texas Republican admitted to having an affair with a former staffer. - The House Ethics Committee formally launched an investigation into Gonzales the morning after his March 3 primary election, which saw him headed to a runoff election. State of play: Gonzales' departure turns the 23rd District, which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso, into an open-seat battleground overnight without the advantage of a Republican incumbency. - He was facing Brandon Herrera in the primary runoff.…
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said late Thursday he was withdrawing from his reelection race, after having admitted an affair with a former staff member.
Zinke has represented Montana in Congress since 2015, but paused briefly to serve as President Donald Trump's Interior secretary during the president's first term in office.
"Don’t get me wrong, the optics are horrible, but I would in no way ever resign, right now.” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) said of colleague Rep. Tony Gonzales.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelection, likely closing out a decades-long career in public service.
AI:Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term Democratic Delegate for the District of Columbia and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has announced she is ending her reelection campaign, signaling the conclusion of her long career in public service.Open
