{"id":2967,"date":"2026-03-04T06:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/u-s-rep-tony-gonzales-forced-into-runoff-by-brandon-herrera-amid-affair-scandal-the-texas-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:26:55","slug":"u-s-rep-tony-gonzales-forced-into-runoff-by-brandon-herrera-amid-affair-scandal-the-texas-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/u-s-rep-tony-gonzales-forced-into-runoff-by-brandon-herrera-amid-affair-scandal-the-texas-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales forced into runoff by Brandon Herrera amid affair scandal &#8211; The Texas Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQNVZBcXZQdWxLUjBhWUk1OWN5ZndRczNFMlloUWJHQVBTR3hYRjMyZlpicVlkMno4T0YzRjJTM2EtZWdNQ2lBTUlSTHM1enZxa0NGQUhoN0d5VXAya0pORExEQndtNTJ2dWtWaThpa25HTExyZ0FrUEpFWUtFSEFja0RZYllJOG9TZWoyNmU5aGdfT0pNdWVyanhkdVdlZWo0MTF3WjZmVXFZQ1RmM3JRaDVfUVBtZ2M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales forced into runoff by Brandon Herrera amid affair scandal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Texas Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNb3JBRU5ObXF0azNoaWZPZmdZT2tuRjZ6NmVWX2FxV0dyYkJJeHZkMjYzT0g2WDV1Y2xOcF9XUi1ZWjRuM3dSR0ZBQldCeVUxUTRnTE1GaHpnRFBzeXJUTnM2aElnOXI5UWczaF9vbEI4RGxKaHlJa3pTbE5xSUcydlBPWW5VN0lRVE1FdEs3WnBLUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Scandal-plagued Rep. Tony Gonzales forced to runoff<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOTmhVazFqY2xxTXV3QmYtSHdGZmVOZUxyeldSQzdtajhBOU40aHpuNk0xY1RzXzUyWkJWY3M5d1NmYW1HSEg1MFU5YTlsSEt0bXNaQWtxTjB6MHpvMWZmdXJKZTBKWXBuZWp0MUMwRVJYM0IxZHFzTGNrdWZLYXJiVUxXZmFIbHJmcFJ1V01NNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">House opens inquiry into Texas lawmaker over alleged affair with aide<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxQS3hFQ1VZRWVoajhoYVJ5blFWS28tUDAxd1J2OG5zcnVRUGhiMW1nWWRaV0trTndMREpIbXVqT05hWUpHalNDOTZ3NU5JdGgyTGVtZFAzTW55V3J4cXliWDBaajFyUm9zc3loUU1CMHpreGJ3d3VBbGJYY2ZqNHZXblRtV1A0aG1OYW5mU256NHVTVGhxdWI2VE02OS1HMTlJS2xyNERUUjlLNm5uUmZhX3gtMGIxOUFTakxDbW53?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Tony Gonzales pulled into GOP primary runoff amid allegations he had an affair with a staffer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPSG5JRHlWd2x6TkhRT2VkTGdKQmRVRkVqVW9oR1VFSlRLNWg4dmhXVHRrcHRVX2NhLXFVTl9oNkMxMGZSZ0tWck0xUXNxRXdodDdRRHdNU2F5MC1MTXo2OEN2NFF6X0Y0VGdkZjZBWS1ZYVpiOXA1REk4eXNjTGVsTzlUMW84cFBwaEZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US Rep. Tony Gonzales and activist Brandon Herrera will head to a runoff for Texas\u2019 23rd District<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales forced into runoff by Brandon Herrera amid affair scandal&nbsp;&nbsp;The Texas Tribune Scandal-plagued Rep. Tony Gonzales forced to runoff&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico House opens inquiry&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/u-s-rep-tony-gonzales-forced-into-runoff-by-brandon-herrera-amid-affair-scandal-the-texas-tribune\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}