Part of San Antonio's growing community of firearms influencers with millions of fans, the candidate needs to win over some GOP faithful to win.
More than half of Republicans chose an alternative to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales in the five-way Republican primary this month.change in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District are down to a single alternative in Brandon Herrera, a political newcomer who must convince party faithful he’s qualified to replace an experienced incumbent.
The combination of those two interests would eventually bring Herrera to San Antonio, where a growing number of firearms influencers, like the; and gun lifestyle brands like Black Rifle Coffee Company have found a following among the area’s large military community.Though he started an undergraduate degree in North Carolina with plans to go to law school, Herrera left to focus on his entrepreneurial pursuits.
Candidates for Texas’ 23rd Congressional District Brandon Herrera, Victor Avila, Frank Lopez and Julie Clark during the Republican Party of Bexar County debate. An empty chair in the middle is the place of incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, who did not attend.
“Everybody’s got that innate desire to do something. Everybody wants to change something,” Herrera said at the February candidate forum. From election night’s crowded field, Medina County GOP Chair Julie Clark, who pushed the state party to censure Gonzales, took 14% of the vote. Retired Border Patrol chaplain Frank Lopez Jr. took 11%, while former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
The conservative wing blames GOP moderates for not being willing to withhold government funding bills to advance their goals, something Gaetz helped oust the party’s first speaker over last year.
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