Democrat Katy Padilla Stout flips ex-Rep. Tony Gonzales' seat
Summary
Democrat Katy Padilla Stout is projected to win Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, flipping a seat that Republicans had held. The race followed the resignation of Republican Tony Gonzales and focused in part on Republican nominee Brandon Herrera’s past YouTube comments and opposition to a proposed border wall in Big Bend National Park.Key Facts
- The seat became vacant in April after Tony Gonzales resigned.
- Gonzales resigned after admitting to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide; he was facing an expulsion vote.
- Republicans nominated Brandon Herrera, a pro-gun YouTube personality with about 4 million subscribers.
- Herrera’s past jokes about Nazis, veteran suicides and women resurfaced during the campaign.
- The district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso and includes Uvalde; it runs more than 800 miles along the southern border.
- The district was redrawn to favor Republicans, and Donald Trump won it by 14 points.
- Both Herrera and Padilla Stout opposed border wall construction in Big Bend National Park.
- A judge halted the Big Bend construction last month after a bill to stop it did not advance.
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