Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Texas District 23
Filing address
San Antonio, TX (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GONZALES, ERNEST ANTHONY TONY II
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the 2020 district highlighted

Texas, District 23

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 23Open seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0TX35015 · Principal campaign committee: TONY GONZALES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 23$2,270,926.15Advanced to primary runoff
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 23$5,949,591.43Won the general election (62.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 23$4,307,414.20General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 23$2,882,972.22General-election nominee
Total raised$2,882,972.22
Total spent$2,851,613.33
Cash on hand$31,358.89
Debts owed by the campaign$40,000.00
Loans from the candidate$65,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,870,796.44PACs and other committees: $533,900.00Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $66,982.15Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $368,043.63Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $38,250.00
  • Individual contributions$1,870,796.4465%
  • PACs and other committees$533,900.0019%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$66,982.152%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$368,043.6313%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$38,250.001%

Self-funding: $66,982.15 (2% of money raised): $1,982.15 given and $65,000.00 lent by the candidate. $65,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

181 committees reported giving $564,582.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II$345,584.27
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II$5,752,883.21
  • Company and union communications to members about Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II$916.23

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Texas U.S. House, District 23, 2020 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II (R)$2,882,972.22$31,358.892020-12-31
Gina Ortiz Jones (D)$6,918,062.11$4,300.612020-12-31
William Hurd (R)$1,277,366.69$49,200.612020-12-31
Raul Reyes Jr. (R)$412,450.92$565.152020-12-31
Alma D.d.s Arredondo-Lynch (R)$125,770.62$0.002020-03-31
Jeff McFarlin (R)$93,360.78$0.002020-05-05
Cecil Burton Jones (R)$51,169.81$13,936.432020-06-09
Sharon Breckenridge Thomas (R)$44,106.40$3,846.062020-12-31
Alia Garcia-Ureste (R)$31,072.66$674.892020-12-31
Rosalinda Ramos Abuabara (D)$26,944.30−$13,448.172020-04-05

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightLean D
  • Inside ElectionsTilt D
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean D
  • PoliticoLean D
  • Daily KosLean D
  • RCPTossup
  • 270toWinLean D

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Opinion Strategies (R)October 3–5, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Tony Gonzales 41% · Gina Jones 42% · Beto Villela 3%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)August 6–9, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%Tony Gonzales 40% · Gina Jones 41%
Remington Research Group (R)May 19–20, 2020669 (LV)± 3.75%Tony Gonzales 43% · Gina Jones 45%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)August 6–9, 2020400 (V)± 4.9%Generic Republican 43% · Generic Democrat 47%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 19–21, 2019523 (LV) – 656 (LV)± 3.8% – ± 4.2%Generic Republican 41% · Generic Democrat 53%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TONY GONZALES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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