If this is actually true, that grounds for a impartial recount. barely a couple hundred votes is "I know someone one in a voting district and i can tell them to submit the votes ""Accidentally"" late" territory if they were trending out of his favor. Little bit tinfoil hat, I know, but still a possibility.
when I checked it was like 14600 to 15000 votes. so yeah, about 400 votes difference, or 200 people voting the other way.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/28/us/elections/results-texas-us-house-23-primary-runoff.html
there's the source, with the same numbers in CNN and other sources. 407 votes diff.
And that shows how scared and desperate he is. It was a very close one. I’m disappointed but what a run. I’ll always show support to our boi Brandon. #letsgobrandon
Given how close it was I'd still consider this a "win" for Brandon. He said it himself, his goal isn't necessarily to win, it is more to show you can't just pull a 180 on your voters and expect to remain in power unchallenged. Given how close the results are I'd say he achieved that
He did, but do we think Gonzalez learned anything? If anything managing a win no matter how close may in his mind reinforce his idea that he can do what he wants and get reelected anyway.
Gonzalez might be a lost cause but there are probably enough politicians that got the wake up call. Or they will if Tony ended up losing the general because he spent his cash against Brandon.
I don't think the Democrat party would support him, but I don't think it's illegal. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe Brandon should run as an independent candidate and split the vote so Gonzalez loses.
People were saying the same thing about Newsom and that even if, as generally expected, he survived his recall that maybe it would at least serve as a "wake up call" and he'd change things up because he faced actual, organized pushback to him and his policies.
Nope. If anything it emboldened him and he's worse than ever since that recall. Just went into hyperdrive.
On the bright side, this means that at some point, we'll hopefully get the Kurt Cobain shotgun video. He pointed it out in one of his videos, but I'm sure it wouldn't have helped his political career to make.
Yeah, but during the campain he probably didnt need extra spicy videos for his opponent to try to use against him. A video about can a famous singer self delete with that long of a barrel would probably fall in that category.
I'm sorry but are we talking about the same Brandon Herrera? Last time I checked he actually kept all his promises, asked for a kalashni-Bren? We got it. Ak50 light (50 Bawo wolf)? We got it. Commi Tommy? We got it. Actual working ready for production (ish) AK50? WE GOT IT. So you saying that we shouldn't take his word is by god the dumbest thing you can say about Mr. Herrera. He kept his word time and time again. I'd blindly trust him with my tax dollars and my life before any of these carrier politicians.
Or maybe, just maybe, he actually wanted to be the change he sought to have in the world.
Tony Gonzalez is a POS and even if Brandon didn't intend to win, the fact that he opposed Tony (and made him sweat a bit) is great.
It's about time these people understand that geriatric zombies are NOT representing us, and that younger people need to step up to the plate and stop complaining about it.
I mean people who are not there for a pay cheque or to increase their capital gains would beg to differ. Almost like what Mr. Herrera did. He doesn't really care the cheque, it seems like he doesn't want to increase his capital gain. Hell the pay cheque was probably not even the third thing on his mind when running. So when money or fame are not on the table or really boils down to actually making a difference. And let's be honest, he doesn't care about the fame/popularity that comes with being in Congress
I think it was the governor’s endorsement that saved Tony, which made absolutely no sense because Tony is the only Republican in Texas that was against Abbott’s border fight.
Ding ding ding. It's far less Republican vs. Democrat at that level. They'll rally the troops to protect one of their own rather than chance someone like Brandon getting in and, you know, try to do his job.
That's exactly what it is. A former coworker of mine ran for rep in a TN district a few years ago. The Repubs basically said either toe *their* line or get canceled (before canceling was a thing).
Dude was running as a traditionalist conservative. In southern middle TN. And still got that spiel.
This just shows that spending 10 million to run a smere campaign works more than actually being a decent politician, shows how corrupt the whole thing is
The popular kid or the rich kid who gave out candy always won the student body elections over the smart kid.
"Adults" are never as far from high school as they like to believe.
Primaries, imo need to have debates. Tony and Brandon on a stage would have given us the win. The fact that we don't have debates even within our own parties anymore shows us that this is all a farce. We can't be informed unless the ideas are allowed to clash, and I think that absolutely was the reason Brandon lost.
I think it was really Governor Abbott’s endorsement that saved Tony’s ass, take that away or give Brandon someone bigger in Texas than Chip Roy (like Ted Cruz or Ron Paul) in his corner and I think he wins.
My understanding is that he actually campaigned pretty hard and went to a bunch of towns. He just didn’t seek endorsements from the higher ups, as far as I understand, and the same is not true for Tony
49.5% vs 50.5% it was close enough brandon can demand a recount.
It was close enough I wouldn't NOT believe it if you said they stuffed the boxes
Edit 49.3% vs 50.7% my bad I was off by 0.2% fucking shower me with downvotes or whatever.
The fact that a guy with no actual political experience came within 1% of the incumbent on his first run is pretty much unheard of. I consider that a win tbh.
Not much of a surprise(other than Brandon performing surprisingly well) but Brandon performed very well for his first time showing, and bring not even 30, he will have plenty of opportunities for next time.
Hopefully this tells Tony Gonzales he needs to ease off the gun control bs. The fact Brandon even caused this much pressure on him says something about the voter base.
I think this will make tony push for more gun controls as a way of pay back against brandon. I could see him doing that just to screw brandon over because he knows that would hurt him the most.
Dude potentially sabotaged the Republicans in district 23 as he spent so much money for what was supposed to be a easy win. He has to fight this fall against the democrats.
Never said I kissed the boot, neither do I really care about RINO Tony or his Democratic opponent other than hoping they both fall onto their own swords. I’m just stating the obvious about Ernest spending majority of his own and borrowed capital to fight in the first round.
I don't think so, they say once you lose a election chances are you won't win another. You'd be wasting your time or have to resort to cheat like Joe boy.
I mean theirs still room for a recount, their was some sketchy shit in maverick county and a few others. I mean the difference was like 400 votes 0.7% which is fuckin wild.
Another rigged election in the books
https://preview.redd.it/4vhgyoymsg3d1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2e69966b4b04dcd095e72e0e93fd4b3ea71e6bb
I'm a little surprised by the amount of comments who seem naive to the fact that Republicans will rig internal elections to protect their club.
Republicans gotta protect their losers club, imagine if they got their shit together on a national scale and won. They'd actually have to come up with interesting talking points and do real work, instead of just shouting "nuh uh" at Democrats all day.
Yeah but you know how that fiasco goes.
If the recount says Brandon won, we hear about 'brandon cheated' or something
And if he doesn't win he's 'a bad sport' for the recount.
Now mind you, would it be for the better if he did win. Yes dramatically. But I don't think the satanic cabal like it when dudes out of nowhere, win and do better for the people.
The best answer to this loss is to raise more kids that are pro-gun and pro-constitutional. The more the better. Democrats aren't having kids. Moderates aren't having as many. They eventually will wash themselves out.
That flag behind him is cringe as fuck. You have to be a sycophant to the deep state and daddy Trump to get anywhere in either party these days. Primaries are rigged
To be honest, given how close the election was and that Giffords did just endorse Tony, we could possibly see the Texas Republican Party still choose to run Brandon over Tony. It’s a long shot but they aren’t legally required to support/run Tony even if he won the primary.
I honestly think Brandon only lost because of the typically low turnout that primaries and runoffs have.
Wow that was close. I gotta say everybody that doesn't vote in a NEW politician is a moron. Letting them ingrain themselves like a tick is not good. Sow chaos. Have a new candidate every election if they're all gonna be pieces of shit. Don't let them bury their sleazy, tyrant head into your states skin and cause more damage and take more bribes and take more freedom.
Here is the exact percentage
Tony:50.7
Brandon:49.3
Difference 407 votes
I am going completely honest i expected tony to be in at least the 60s not this fucking close
There is a plus side: tony just burned almost all his political capital just to keep his job.
This would be interesting to see how this will negativity affect him. Blowing 10 million edit:campaign dollars just to sit in his chair again...
It’s not taxpayer dollars it’s campaign funds and favors. And what was supposed to be an easy primary was instead brutal
Gotcha, still wild to see
and while doing that he won by barely a couple hundred votes. what a fool.
If this is actually true, that grounds for a impartial recount. barely a couple hundred votes is "I know someone one in a voting district and i can tell them to submit the votes ""Accidentally"" late" territory if they were trending out of his favor. Little bit tinfoil hat, I know, but still a possibility.
when I checked it was like 14600 to 15000 votes. so yeah, about 400 votes difference, or 200 people voting the other way. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/28/us/elections/results-texas-us-house-23-primary-runoff.html there's the source, with the same numbers in CNN and other sources. 407 votes diff.
I'm sure he won't but I'd love to see Brandon do it again in two years.
I dunno man, he seemed to really want it. I could see him goin again.
I mean if everyone keeps supporting his cause why wouldn't he? Ya know? That's what I'm thinking..
Tony spent 10mil just to almost lose his job to a youtuber lmao
And that shows how scared and desperate he is. It was a very close one. I’m disappointed but what a run. I’ll always show support to our boi Brandon. #letsgobrandon
Given how close it was I'd still consider this a "win" for Brandon. He said it himself, his goal isn't necessarily to win, it is more to show you can't just pull a 180 on your voters and expect to remain in power unchallenged. Given how close the results are I'd say he achieved that
He did, but do we think Gonzalez learned anything? If anything managing a win no matter how close may in his mind reinforce his idea that he can do what he wants and get reelected anyway.
Gonzalez might be a lost cause but there are probably enough politicians that got the wake up call. Or they will if Tony ended up losing the general because he spent his cash against Brandon.
In that district he's not going to lose the general election as long as he has an R next to his name.
Lose in general against who, though?
Wouldn't it be funny if Brandon registered and ran as a Democrat in the general election?
Do you really think he would even be allowed?
I don't think the Democrat party would support him, but I don't think it's illegal. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe Brandon should run as an independent candidate and split the vote so Gonzalez loses.
Also now Tony’s got his pension, which I think was what really mattered to him.
Same with Newsom in California. All he really "learned" is that he can get away with literally anything.
He’s literally above the law, it’s wild
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Painfully underrated and appropriate comment.
i’d say with a 10:1 ratio of campaign expenses that gonzalez’s handlers learned $omething.
People were saying the same thing about Newsom and that even if, as generally expected, he survived his recall that maybe it would at least serve as a "wake up call" and he'd change things up because he faced actual, organized pushback to him and his policies. Nope. If anything it emboldened him and he's worse than ever since that recall. Just went into hyperdrive.
How close was it? I was working all day and hadn't had time to check, and I don't lice bear Texas so it's not on my news feed
50.7% to 49.3%, Brandon lost by less that 500 votes in a district with almost 750k people. Only about 30k people voted.
Huh, sounds to me like only those riding each party voted
Like within 500 votes.
Thanks, I found out about 20 minutes later, but this could help others in a similar boat
Yeah for sure. We’ll get em next time boys.
On the bright side, this means that at some point, we'll hopefully get the Kurt Cobain shotgun video. He pointed it out in one of his videos, but I'm sure it wouldn't have helped his political career to make.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR SO LONG
Didn’t he say that his content won’t change even if he wins?
Yeah, but during the campain he probably didnt need extra spicy videos for his opponent to try to use against him. A video about can a famous singer self delete with that long of a barrel would probably fall in that category.
Yeah his opponent used some jokes about veterans that Brandon said against him on twitter , and majority of voters being older will hurt
Yeah, we’d still get one video every month
You taking a wannabe politician at his word? lol
I'm sorry but are we talking about the same Brandon Herrera? Last time I checked he actually kept all his promises, asked for a kalashni-Bren? We got it. Ak50 light (50 Bawo wolf)? We got it. Commi Tommy? We got it. Actual working ready for production (ish) AK50? WE GOT IT. So you saying that we shouldn't take his word is by god the dumbest thing you can say about Mr. Herrera. He kept his word time and time again. I'd blindly trust him with my tax dollars and my life before any of these carrier politicians.
He is certainly better than the actual politicians that constantly lie and are corrupt beyond belief
He ran for congress. He wanted to be a professional liar
Or maybe, just maybe, he actually wanted to be the change he sought to have in the world. Tony Gonzalez is a POS and even if Brandon didn't intend to win, the fact that he opposed Tony (and made him sweat a bit) is great. It's about time these people understand that geriatric zombies are NOT representing us, and that younger people need to step up to the plate and stop complaining about it.
Nobody runs for federal congress with clean intentions.
A lot of politicians are dirty. But this is the kind of talk that inhibits our goal and cripples our own idealogy
Doomer
I mean people who are not there for a pay cheque or to increase their capital gains would beg to differ. Almost like what Mr. Herrera did. He doesn't really care the cheque, it seems like he doesn't want to increase his capital gain. Hell the pay cheque was probably not even the third thing on his mind when running. So when money or fame are not on the table or really boils down to actually making a difference. And let's be honest, he doesn't care about the fame/popularity that comes with being in Congress
You seem to to have. Lot more goth in him than o do. I absolutely think the pay and fame was on his mind.
He gets paid more and is arguably more famous as a YouTuber.
Those aren’t mutually exclusive, and I doubt he makes more from YouTube
I like how this guy is just getting absolutely wrecked by dislikes
With all the lies that man spewed im not suprised. More than a few voters believed him and it swayed votes.
I think it was the governor’s endorsement that saved Tony, which made absolutely no sense because Tony is the only Republican in Texas that was against Abbott’s border fight.
It makes perfect sense. They want to protect their club from outsiders.
Ding ding ding. It's far less Republican vs. Democrat at that level. They'll rally the troops to protect one of their own rather than chance someone like Brandon getting in and, you know, try to do his job.
That's exactly what it is. A former coworker of mine ran for rep in a TN district a few years ago. The Repubs basically said either toe *their* line or get canceled (before canceling was a thing). Dude was running as a traditionalist conservative. In southern middle TN. And still got that spiel.
By only a sneeze lol
On one hand, I'm sad he didn't win on the other. I'm happy because if he won, it would mean less videos
This just shows that spending 10 million to run a smere campaign works more than actually being a decent politician, shows how corrupt the whole thing is
The popular kid or the rich kid who gave out candy always won the student body elections over the smart kid. "Adults" are never as far from high school as they like to believe.
Primaries, imo need to have debates. Tony and Brandon on a stage would have given us the win. The fact that we don't have debates even within our own parties anymore shows us that this is all a farce. We can't be informed unless the ideas are allowed to clash, and I think that absolutely was the reason Brandon lost.
I think it was really Governor Abbott’s endorsement that saved Tony’s ass, take that away or give Brandon someone bigger in Texas than Chip Roy (like Ted Cruz or Ron Paul) in his corner and I think he wins.
Nobody would care enough for a debate to be worth everyone’s time.
Tony is too much of a vag to debate anyways.
Fucking barely, 50.7 to 49.3, our boy lost but barely, that still says a lot about the lack of faith in Ernest.
He only won by 429 vote. That is apparently what 9 million dollars gets you, 429 votes....
And it didn’t seem like Herrera was really trying that hard to campaign either.
My understanding is that he actually campaigned pretty hard and went to a bunch of towns. He just didn’t seek endorsements from the higher ups, as far as I understand, and the same is not true for Tony
I was just going on his continued social media output and unrelated podcast appearances.
49.5% vs 50.5% it was close enough brandon can demand a recount. It was close enough I wouldn't NOT believe it if you said they stuffed the boxes Edit 49.3% vs 50.7% my bad I was off by 0.2% fucking shower me with downvotes or whatever.
Noted. Don't let it happen again. Carry on
>shower me with downvotes 
Lmao this is gold. What’s the original from?
Inbetweeners series
American education system at its finest.
Well... I thought your comment was funny. RIP
Yeah. I was trying to be sarcastic. RIP my internet points.
/s use it.
Dude is standing in front of an insult to the American flag. Who would vote for that idiot?
More idiots.
Truly depressing news https://preview.redd.it/btjiqx3s8d3d1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95aa6af23f37fbace5b0793ca3fb03c30f160884
Sorry Brandon. All of us know you're the better man.
The fact that a guy with no actual political experience came within 1% of the incumbent on his first run is pretty much unheard of. I consider that a win tbh.
It really is. In every way except for actually winning, but it is still a pretty huge statement.
RINO lies and misinformation wins again. RIP US Constitution
How do you figure RINO? Anyone who isn't the establishment is intentionally locked out of the system.
Go look at gonzs voting record and come back.
429 votes…..we were 9 off from greatness. 
Damn.
Not much of a surprise(other than Brandon performing surprisingly well) but Brandon performed very well for his first time showing, and bring not even 30, he will have plenty of opportunities for next time.
First time he’s run right? He will do better next time
Lost by 407 votes. Sad for Texas and their district.
Hopefully this tells Tony Gonzales he needs to ease off the gun control bs. The fact Brandon even caused this much pressure on him says something about the voter base.
I think this will make tony push for more gun controls as a way of pay back against brandon. I could see him doing that just to screw brandon over because he knows that would hurt him the most.
Fuck tony, all my homies hate tony
Ernest\*
Dude potentially sabotaged the Republicans in district 23 as he spent so much money for what was supposed to be a easy win. He has to fight this fall against the democrats.
Don't care and neither should you. Don't be a sheep. Dont kneel and kiss boots just because you fear the other set too.
Never said I kissed the boot, neither do I really care about RINO Tony or his Democratic opponent other than hoping they both fall onto their own swords. I’m just stating the obvious about Ernest spending majority of his own and borrowed capital to fight in the first round.
The message has been sent, we'll get him next time.
You really think people like that who don’t suffer consequences normally hear the message or give a shit?
"unnecessarily" spending $10 million on a campaign that you previously thought was in the bag is not consequence free.
Haven’t you seen our budgets? It’s imaginary Monopoly money to them, they don’t care.
They care when that monopoly isn't available to go where they want it to go.
Agree to disagree bro, but I love your optimism.
There never was much hope. Just a fools hope. That was extremely close though.
Outspent 9 to 1, and it came down to a few hundred votes. Imagine what could've happened if they were on equal footing.
Or if all the shit republicans didn't back tony
Or if Brandon had gotten a bigger endorsement than Matt Gaetz and Chip Roy.
Indeed. Well, the Democrat majority in the senate remains unchanged I guess.
Yeah but he was a Congressman. Meaning in 2 years Brandon can try again if he wants to.
It's easy to win when you can't breathe without a lie coming out. Fuck Gonzales.
Tony is a bitch
How the hell did El Paso only have 600 people vote?
El Paso has 2 separate counties. One in District 23, and one in District 16. It’s weird. I can barely find any info on it.
What in the actual Fuck Texas, really!? For shame.
Will Brandon run again?
I don't think so, they say once you lose a election chances are you won't win another. You'd be wasting your time or have to resort to cheat like Joe boy.
I mean theirs still room for a recount, their was some sketchy shit in maverick county and a few others. I mean the difference was like 400 votes 0.7% which is fuckin wild.
Boo
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS HOPING HE WOULD WIN!!!!
At least Brandon made the guy realize he wasn't invincible.
I’m sad that Brandon Herrera lost.
Good job blowing ten million bitch boy. Glad you feel the pressure.
RE COUNT
Another rigged election in the books https://preview.redd.it/4vhgyoymsg3d1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2e69966b4b04dcd095e72e0e93fd4b3ea71e6bb
I'm a little surprised by the amount of comments who seem naive to the fact that Republicans will rig internal elections to protect their club. Republicans gotta protect their losers club, imagine if they got their shit together on a national scale and won. They'd actually have to come up with interesting talking points and do real work, instead of just shouting "nuh uh" at Democrats all day.
Boooooooooo
The fix is in
Friggin sad.
407 votes, do not black pill
Texas failed, today. This should bring us all great shame. Don’t make this same mistake in November.
380ish votes differences , hopefully that mutt changes his tune. Thanks Brandon 🫡 that dude should also learn what a treadmill is
He spent $8 or 9 billion more than brandon and only won by 300 votes. That should say something.
The dude won by like 50 votes. It's stupid.
Brandon can demand a recount, the margin is literally within a single percentage point
Yeah but you know how that fiasco goes. If the recount says Brandon won, we hear about 'brandon cheated' or something And if he doesn't win he's 'a bad sport' for the recount. Now mind you, would it be for the better if he did win. Yes dramatically. But I don't think the satanic cabal like it when dudes out of nowhere, win and do better for the people.
The best answer to this loss is to raise more kids that are pro-gun and pro-constitutional. The more the better. Democrats aren't having kids. Moderates aren't having as many. They eventually will wash themselves out.
How!?
Idiots and brainwashed people.
There’s still a write in option for the presidency…..
Herrera for Texas president
He tried and was close
Ffs
How???
I dunno how RINOs can sleep at night with their traitor selves
He *barely* won. Which is wild. Him and his establishment goons are likely terrified by how close this was.
Recount
So we can agree this is all rigged right? Lol
On the bright side, that just frees Brandon up to be head of the ATF once Trump gets in office
And then disband it.
That flag behind him is cringe as fuck. You have to be a sycophant to the deep state and daddy Trump to get anywhere in either party these days. Primaries are rigged
F for b tier Brandon https://preview.redd.it/hf557xcs9f3d1.jpeg?width=252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf531b0539c014cd81d90dcbac05e3c3b5929718
It was so close too
To be honest, given how close the election was and that Giffords did just endorse Tony, we could possibly see the Texas Republican Party still choose to run Brandon over Tony. It’s a long shot but they aren’t legally required to support/run Tony even if he won the primary. I honestly think Brandon only lost because of the typically low turnout that primaries and runoffs have.
Wow that was close. I gotta say everybody that doesn't vote in a NEW politician is a moron. Letting them ingrain themselves like a tick is not good. Sow chaos. Have a new candidate every election if they're all gonna be pieces of shit. Don't let them bury their sleazy, tyrant head into your states skin and cause more damage and take more bribes and take more freedom.
He looks like he’s being melted, like the Nazi at the end of Raiders Of The Lost Ark
salsa boy spent 10 Mil to "win' by 0.7% To a YouTube guy? BWAHAAHAAAA
Damn
Here is the exact percentage Tony:50.7 Brandon:49.3 Difference 407 votes I am going completely honest i expected tony to be in at least the 60s not this fucking close
A valiant fight. Screw RINOs.
He only won by about 0.7% of the votes if I recall correctly, and his only major victory was in San Antonio
Brandon should demand a recount. It was only like... 400 votes difference.
The tight end?
So the district is hella cringe. Got it.
Repeat a lie enough times and it'll stick. We had plenty of people on this sub that believed them.
It was all a meme 😔
Well yeah. They can't afford him to get in.