Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, who angered Second Amendment activists by supporting a bipartisan gun violence measure after a mass shooting at a school in Uvalde in 2022, will need to win a runoff in May to get the nomination to a third term.
Gonzales had 46 percent of the vote to YouTube personality Brandon Herrera’s 23 percent in the five-candidate GOP field when The Associated Press called the race at 12:17 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, with an estimated 90 percent of the vote counted.
Texas law requires primary candidates to get more than 50 percent of the vote to secure the nomination outright. Otherwise, the top two finishers face each other in a May 28 runoff.
