Federal candidate · 2021–2022 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 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the 2022 district highlighted

Texas, District 23

RepublicanU.S. House · Texas District 23IncumbentGeneral-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$4,307,414.20
Total spent$3,984,385.28
Cash on hand$354,387.81
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $1,773,445.45PACs and other committees: $1,092,403.99Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,441,564.76
  • Individual contributions$1,773,445.4541%
  • PACs and other committees$1,092,403.9925%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,441,564.7633%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

319 committees reported giving $1,008,049.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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$805,588.95
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II$8.68
  • Company and union communications to members about Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II$15,820.20

FEC totals for the 2022 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, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II (R)$4,307,414.20$354,387.812022-12-31
John Lira (D)$675,078.71$204.012022-12-31
Alia Garcia-Ureste (R)$158,785.83$0.002022-03-31
Francisco Lopez Jr. (I)$34,352.00$0.002022-12-31
Alma G D.d.s. Arredondo-Lynch (R)$4,505.00$0.002022-10-17

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RJanuary 26, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RAugust 25, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 19, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid RJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)July 28–29, 2022452 (V)± 4.6%Tony Gonzales 42% · John Lira 26% · Frank Lopez Jr. 6%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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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