Overview
- Herrera became the de facto Republican nominee in Texas’ 23rd District after Rep. Tony Gonzales ended his reelection bid this week.
- Newly resurfaced audio from a 2024 podcast shows Herrera saying he owns a 1939 English edition of Mein Kampf and describing it alongside German stick grenades.
- The Republican Jewish Coalition reiterated that it opposed Herrera in 2024 and said it will not support him now.
- Herrera told Hearst Newspapers he bought the book for a historic collection, denied antisemitism, and characterized the controversy as opponents clipping jokes out of context.
- Democratic groups circulated additional clips, including one of Herrera goose-stepping to a Nazi marching song, while the NRCC said the strongly Republican district is expected to remain in GOP hands.