Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) narrowly avoided defeat Tuesday after fending off YouTube influencer Brandon Herrera in the Texas Republican primary runoff election.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) narrowly avoided defeat Tuesday after fending off a YouTube influencer in the Texas Republican primary runoff election.
“The future of America remains as bright as ever,” Gonzales wrote on X after his projected victory in the Texas 23rd Congressional District primary race. “Thank you #TX23 for continuing to place your faith in me.”
Gonzales was projected to beat Brandon Herrera – a digital content creator known as “The AK Guy” – by less than 500 votes.
The 48-year-old incumbent received 50.7% of the vote to Herrara’s 49.3% in the sprawling, 800-mile-long district along the Texas-Mexico border.
“We did an amazing thing,” Herrera wrote on X. “We looked down the biggest guns of the DC establishment to the tune of probably over $10 million, and told them they didn’t own us.”
“We made them fight for their lives,” he added.
Former President Donald Trump did not endorse either candidate.
