<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales said Monday that he plans to file his retirement from Congress on Tuesday after admitting to an affair with a former staffer who committed suicide last year. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,” <a href="https://x.com/RepTonyGonzales/status/2027793862828429663?s=20">Gonzales posted on X. </a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas.</p>
<p>— Rep. Tony Gonzales (@RepTonyGonzales) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTonyGonzales/status/2043819211865129159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The news came about an hour after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he would step down over a sex scandal.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On March 5, Gonzales dropped his re-election bid in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District after being forced into a runoff by GOP challenger Brandon Herrera. He’s also faced calls from fellow Republicans to resign his seat. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those calls came after Gonzales </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-admitting-affair-with-staffer-texas-rep-faces-gop-calls-to-end-re-election-bid?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=After+Admitting+Affair+With+Staffer%2C+Texas+Rep+Faces+GOP+Calls+To+End+Re-Election+Bid"><span style="font-weight: 400;">admitted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to an affair with former staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, a 35-year-old married mother who &#8220;doused</span> herself in gasoline and was ignited into flames&#8221; in the backyard of her Uvalde, Texas home, <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/rep-gonzales-staffer-allegedly-doused-herself-in-gasoline-new-report-says">according</a> to the fire department.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-republicans-affair-with-staffer-derails-re-election-campaign">The Daily Wire previously reported</a> that Gonzales said his affair with Santos-Aviles ended in the summer of 2024, more than a year before Santos-Aviles killed herself. Text messages </span><a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/tony-gonzales-santos-aviles-affair-husband-21360950.php"><span style="font-weight: 400;">published</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in February by the San Antonio Express-News appear to show Gonzales making sexual requests to Santos-Aviles.</span></p>

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