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Representative Tony Gonzales resigned his seat after acknowledging an affair with a staffer and facing ethics probes into his conduct.
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10 stories · 83–89 · updated Sep 25, 2026
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Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned from Congress amid separate ethics scandals and sexual misconduct allegations, averting potential expulsion votes by their House colleagues.
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Representative leading expulsion effort
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Outlets across the spectrum are reporting on Gonzales's resignation with uniform negativity, though they emphasize different consequences of the scandal. While center-left sources like NPR and MS NOW focus on the House Ethics Committee probe and the tragic suicide of the staffer involved, right-leaning outlets like Fox News highlight the subsequent push by GOP colleagues to strip Gonzales of his taxpayer-funded pension.
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