Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales said Monday that he plans to file his retirement from Congress on Tuesday after admitting to an affair with a former staffer who committed suicide last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,\u201d Gonzales posted on X.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas.<\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Tony Gonzales (@RepTonyGonzales) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The news came about an hour after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he would step down over a sex scandal.<\/p>\n On March 5, Gonzales dropped his re-election bid in Texas\u2019s 23rd Congressional District after being forced into a runoff by GOP challenger Brandon Herrera. He\u2019s also faced calls from fellow Republicans to resign his seat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Those calls came after Gonzales <\/span>admitted<\/span><\/a> to an affair with former staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, a 35-year-old married mother who \u201cdoused<\/span> herself in gasoline and was ignited into flames\u201d in the backyard of her Uvalde, Texas home, according<\/a> to the fire department.<\/p>\n The Daily Wire previously reported<\/a> that Gonzales said his affair with Santos-Aviles ended in the summer of 2024, more than a year before Santos-Aviles killed herself. Text messages <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> in February by the San Antonio Express-News appear to show Gonzales making sexual requests to Santos-Aviles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n