更新于：2026年3月4日 / 美国东部时间凌晨2:11 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯被迫与极右翼枪支活动家布兰登·埃雷拉进入重复的初选决选，此前冈萨雷斯被指控与一名助手发生婚外情，该助手后来自杀身亡——这引发了要求他辞职的呼声。
冈萨雷斯和埃雷拉陷入一场势均力敌的竞争，预计两名候选人都无法在5月26日的决选中突破50%的门槛以避免进入决选。
冈萨雷斯于2020年首次当选，并自称为温和派。在2024年来自埃雷拉的初选挑战中，冈萨雷斯仅以400票的优势胜出。此后，冈萨雷斯一直向右翼转变，并吹嘘自己获得了特朗普总统的支持，但特朗普在周五的一份支持名单中删除了自己的名字。
然而，上个月，冈萨雷斯与前助手雷吉娜·桑托斯-阿维莱斯的短信被曝光，之后他面临两党成员要求其辞职的呼声。据乌瓦尔德警方称，桑托斯-阿维莱斯于9月自焚身亡。
根据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得的短信内容，2024年5月，冈萨雷斯向桑托斯-阿维莱斯索要“性感照片”。经过一番来回，桑托斯-阿维莱斯表示她不喜欢自拍。他回复了两条短信：“我只是一个视觉型的人”和“抱歉。”
随后，国会议员问桑托斯-阿维莱斯她的“最喜欢的姿势是什么”。她让他先回答，他照做了。
助手随后发短信说：“老板，这太过分了。那么你觉得我有多迷人？”
经过一番来回，桑托斯-阿维莱斯再次表示：“这太过分了，托尼。”
冈萨雷斯此前否认有婚外情，他已婚并育有六个孩子。桑托斯-阿维莱斯也已婚，有一个8岁的儿子。
得克萨斯州第23国会选区绵延美国-墨西哥边境800多英里，长期以来被认为是摇摆选区，但在2021年重新划界后变得更有利于共和党，冈萨雷斯在2024年选举中以超过20个百分点的优势获胜。在得克萨斯州2025年重新划分选区后，该选区仍被视为安全的共和党席位。
GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales forced into primary runoff after affair allegations shake up race, CBS News projects
Updated on: March 4, 2026 / 2:11 AM EST / CBS News
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has been forced into a repeat primary runoff with far-right gun activist Brandon Herrera, CBS News projects, weeks after Gonzales was accused of having an affair with an aide who later died by suicide — drawing calls for him to resign.
Gonzales and Herrera are locked in a tight contest, with neither candidate expected to clear the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff on May 26.
Gonzales was first elected in 2020, and had branded himself as a moderate. In a primary challenge from Herrera in 2024, Gonzales only prevailed by 400 votes. Gonzales has since pursued a rightward shift and touted his endorsement by President Trump in this race, although Mr. Trump left his name off a list of endorsements on Friday.
But Gonzales had been facing calls to resign from members of both parties after texts were revealed last month between him and former aide Regina Santos-Aviles, who died in September after setting herself on fire, according to the Uvalde police.
According to texts obtained by CBS News, Gonzales asked Santos-Aviles for a “sexy pic” in May 2024. After a back-and-forth, Santos-Aviles said she didn’t like taking photos of herself. He responded in a pair of texts: “I’m just such a visual person” and “Sorry.”
The congressman then asked Santos-Aviles what her “favorite position” is. She asked him to answer first, and he did.
The aide then texted: “This is going too far boss. So how long have you thought I was this hot?”
After another back-and-forth, Santos-Aviles said again: “This is too far, Tony.”
Gonzales, who has previously denied having an affair, is married and has six children. Santos-Aviles was also married and had an 8-year-old son.
Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, which encompasses more than 800 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, had long been considered a swing district, but was redrawn in 2021 to be more safely Republican, and Gonzales won by more than 20 percentage points in the 2024 election. The district is still considered safe Republican after Texas’ 2025 redistricting.
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