{"id":248921,"date":"2026-04-14T08:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248921\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:40:18","slug":"republican-rep-tony-gonzales-of-texas-says-he-will-retire-after-admitting-to-affair-with-staffer-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248921\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas says he will retire after admitting to affair with staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said Monday he will retire from Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/house-republican-leaders-urge-tony-gonzales-to-end-reelection-bid-after-admitting-to-affair-with-aide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">amid bipartisan calls to expel him.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gonzales had already said he would not seek reelection after admitting to an affair with a staff member who later died by suicide. His announcement came just hours after Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/rep-eric-swalwell-of-california-says-he-will-resign-from-congress-after-sexual-assault-allegations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">would be resigning from Congress<\/a> as he also confronted allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>House Republican leaders had already called on the three-term Gonzales to not seek reelection. And the House Ethics Committee had initiated an investigation. Under House ethics rules, lawmakers may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House under their supervision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all,&#8221; Gonzales said in a social media post. &#8220;When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said it has been a privilege &#8220;to serve the great people of Texas.&#8221; He gave no further details on his plans to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\n                    A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"invite_body\">\n                    Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/give.newshour.org\/page\/88646\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=pbs_news_sept_2025_article&amp;supporter.appealCode=N2509AW1000100\" class=\"donation-link ga-click-funding ga-click-ender-funding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    Donate now<\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said Monday he will retire from Congress amid bipartisan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-248921","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\/248921","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=248921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}