{"id":248912,"date":"2026-04-14T08:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:28:14","slug":"texas-congressman-tony-gonzales-says-he-will-resign-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248912\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales says he will resign amid sexual misconduct allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday that he will resign from Congress after facing the possibility of a House vote to expel him over sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe San Antonio Republican said in a post on X that he will file his retirement when Congress returns, calling it a privilege to serve the people of Texas.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Tony Gonzales (@RepTonyGonzales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTonyGonzales\/status\/2043819211865129159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>California Democrat Eric Swalwell, who also faced a possible expulsion vote over allegations reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, announced Monday that he will resign, meaning neither lawmaker is expected to face a vote.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe San Antonio Express-News first reported Gonzales&#8217; relationship with a staffer who later took her own life. The Express-News also published text messages involving another aide from years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter initially denying the allegations, Gonzales acknowledged the relationship and called it a lapse in judgment. He has not publicly addressed the earlier messages. A House Ethics Committee investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\nGonzales, who was first elected to Congress in 2020, represents an expansive district stretching from San Antonio to El Paso. He had already announced he would not seek reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\nKaty Padilla Stout, the Democrat running in District 23, is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to quickly call a special election to fill the seat. Brandon Herrera, the GOP nominee, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is a developing story and will be updated. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Texas Public Radio<\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday that he will resign from Congress after facing the possibility of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-248912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}