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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alejandro Serrano

Speaker Mike Johnson and House leadership ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection bid

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and the chamber’s Republican leadership on Thursday asked Rep. Tony Gonzales of San Antonio to drop his reelection bid which is headed for a May 26 runoff against gun activist Brandon Herrera. 

The call from the GOP leaders comes a day after Gonzales admitted to having an affair with an aide who later died by setting herself on fire — despite having previously  denied the relationship months earlier.

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