The complaints stem from a resolution passed in Medina County that took issue with Gonzales' stances on the border, guns and same-sex marriage.
If the resolution is successful, members of the SREC would be able to choose between several options to punish Gonzales,They could simply discourage Gonzales from running for reelection as a Republican, or they could lift the restriction on party officials campaigning against him, as is required for current GOP officeholders.
Perhaps of greater consequence, they also could prohibit Gonzales from receiving financial help from the party, which boosts GOP candidates through ads, discounted mail rates and other campaign support. The Republican Party of Texas spent $9 million helping GOP candidates in the 2020 election cycle, said Wesolek.
Gonzales was first elected in 2020, when national Democrats and Republicans poured millions of dollars into his race against Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, who had narrowly lost to retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd in 2018 in what was then considered a swing district. After redistricting made the district slightly more favorable for Republicans, national Democrats stopped considering it a worthy target.for the 2024 election, so Gonzales could get state party funding for a general election., when the SREC voted to punish outgoing Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio.
Correction: Support from three-fifths of the 64 members of the State Republican Executive Committee is needed to approve censure of U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales. An earlier version of this story stated the wrong number.
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