Representative Tony Gonzales

GONZALES, Tony

Tony Gonzales is from San Antonio. He earned an associate's degree from Chaminade University, a bachelor's degree from Excelsior College, and a master's degree from American Public University. He has six children with his wife, Angel.

Tony previously worked as a faculty member at Pensacola State College and the University of Maryland, and a community representative at the Head Start Policy Council. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, retiring as a master chief petty officer.

Tony currently serves as the U.S. representative for Texas' 23rd District. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his third term.

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Supports reducing regulations and taxes to enhance economic opportunities and support small businesses.

Supports reducing regulations and tax rates.

Supports fighting reckless spending to combat inflation and lower taxes for middle-class families.

Supports "ensur[ing] America is the 21st century leader in energy supply, advanced manufacturing, agriculture production, cybersecurity, as well as medical, scientific, and technological innovation."

- Supports reducing regulations and tax rates.
- Supports "ensur[ing] America is the 21st century leader in energy supply, advanced manufacturing, agriculture production, cybersecurity, as well as medical, scientific, and technological innovation."

Economy

Supports strengthening penalties for assaulting law enforcement to defend officers in the line of duty.

Supports strengthening penalties for assaulting law enforcement officers.

Supports labeling fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and charging dealers linked to overdose deaths with felony murder.

Supports "label[ing] fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction."

Supports the right to bear arms and advocates for Second Amendment rights.

- Supports strengthening penalties for assaulting law enforcement officers.
- Supports "label[ing] fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction."
- Opposes gun control.

Public Safety

Opposes abortion access and believes life is sacred from conception, advocating for reforms to promote adoption instead of funding abortion.

Supports increasing access to mental health resources, such as telehealth and addiction recovery.

- Opposes access to abortion.
- Supports increasing access to mental health resources, such as telehealth and addiction recovery.

Healthcare

Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

- Supports increasing school security.
- Supports programs that allow qualifying families to use public money for alternative schooling options, including private schools.

Education

As of January 22, 2026, Tony Gonzales’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and presentation of an ID to cast a ballot.

- Supports the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and presentation of an ID to cast a ballot.

Voting & Elections

Supports protecting the global economic environment to ensure safe international travel and trade for Americans, advocating for peace and prosperity worldwide.

Supports protecting the global economic environment to ensure safe international travel and trade for Americans.

Supports reducing undocumented immigration through technology, increasing funding for Border Patrol, and reforming the work visa program.

Supports increasing funding for Veterans Administration healthcare and military installations, and seeks to ensure veterans receive benefits and resources.

- Supports protecting the global economic environment to ensure safe international travel and trade for Americans.
- Supports reducing undocumented immigration through technology, increasing funding for Border Patrol, and reforming the work visa program.
- Supports increasing funding for Veterans Administration healthcare and military installations, and seeks to ensure veterans receive benefits and resources.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Tony Gonzales

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Texas currently has 36 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Texas for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.