Disgraced Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who ended his re-election campaign after admitting to an affair with a staffer who tragically died last year, allegedly made sexual advances on a different staffer in 2020.
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The unnamed former staffer reportedly shared her account due to the horrific death of Regina Santos-Aviles, the staffer the Republican congressman admitted to having an affair with.
😳 Congressman Tony Gonzales allegedly repeatedly asked for nudes from his campaign’s then-political director, according to new texts.
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TMZ shared further:
According to the San Antonio Express-News, texts from June 2020 allegedly show the married father-of-six repeatedly asking for nudes from his campaign’s then-political director.
The outlet reported Monday that the staffer — who asked not to be named — received lewd texts from the congressman … who reportedly asked “what kind of panties” she wears, told her he wanted her to “squeeze my balls,” and badgered her for nudes more than a dozen times over the course of three days.
According to the report, Gonzales kept pushing anytime the aide turned him down, and at one point even wrote … “47 nos is about my limit.” He later reportedly wrote … “I know what I want and won’t stop until I get it.”
The San Antonio outlet obtained hundreds of texts, and verified the messages to Gonzales’ political director came from his cellphone.
The unnamed staffer told the Express-News that nothing happened, saying … “We didn’t so much as touch.”
According to the New York Post, the former staffer urged Gonzales to refrain from that type of behavior in Congress.
Although Gonzales ended his re-election campaign due to pressure from House GOP leadership, he has declined to step down from office.
Disgraced GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales sent lewd texts to staffer years before affair with ex-aide who burned herself to death https://t.co/tnii5ezae4 pic.twitter.com/5c7mTiVQlE
— New York Post (@nypost) April 6, 2026
More from the New York Post:
Looming over his decision to remain in Congress is the House GOP’s ultra-slim 217 to 214 majority, with one independent, Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), caucusing with Republicans. Him resigning from the House early could significantly tighten his party’s margins, which is why GOP leadership has been careful about pushing him to step down.
The Lone Star State Republican, a father of six, had acknowledged wrongdoing with Regina Santos-Aviles, another staffer, who had privately admitted to having an affair with the congressman to a colleague.
Santos-Aviles, a mother of one, died after pouring gasoline on herself and getting set on fire last September in what her family described as an accident. News of the affair between her and Gonzales, which began in 2024, broke shortly thereafter in the Daily Mail.
Leaked messages between Gonzales and Santos-Aviles showed the congressman badgering her for “sexy pics” and discussing his sexual fantasies. Early last month, Gonzales went on a conservative talk show and described the ordeal as a “mistake” and “a lapse in judgment.
During both his affair with Santos-Aviles and his sexual advances on his political director during his 2020 campaign, Gonzales was married to his wife Angel, the two of whom share six children together.
