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In the 2020 primary, Arredondo-Lynch faced eight intra-party rivals, including fellow conservative Sharon Breckenridge Thomas (born November 14, 1960), a San Antonio attorney who carried the endorsement of the Pastors PAC, which had endorsed Arredondo-Lynch in the 2018 congressional race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pastorspac.org/endorsements-mar-2020-primary-rep/|title=Endorsements – March 2020 Primary – Republican|publisher=San Antonio Pastors PAC|accessdate=February 24, 2020}}</ref> Thomas finished with 2,500 votes (6.1 percent).

In the 2020 primary, Arredondo-Lynch faced eight intra-party rivals, including fellow conservative Sharon Breckenridge Thomas (born November 14, 1960), a San Antonio attorney who carried the endorsement of the Pastors PAC, which had endorsed Arredondo-Lynch in the 2018 congressional race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pastorspac.org/endorsements-mar-2020-primary-rep/|title=Endorsements – March 2020 Primary – Republican|publisher=San Antonio Pastors PAC|accessdate=February 24, 2020}}</ref> Thomas finished with 2,500 votes (6.1 percent).

A runoff election pitted [[Tony Gonzales]] of San Antonio, who led the primary with 11,530 unofficial votes (28.1 percent) against Raul Reyes, who jumped into an early lead but finished in second place with 9,570 votes (23.4 percent). Arrendondo-Lynch finished third with 5,404 votes (13.2 percent), half in raw votes of what she had received in a two-candidate race in 2018 against Hurd; Jeff McFarlin fourth with 4,240 votes (10.3 percent); Ben Van Winkle, fifth with 4,424 (10.8 percent). Reyes' platform stances are nearly identical to those of Arredondo-Lynch and Sharon Thomas, according to their campaign brochures. A native of the border city of Del Rio, Reyes served for twenty-two years as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army in which he was assigned to Central and South America. [[Tony Gonzales]] of San Antonio, a twenty-year veteran of the [[United States Navy]], carried the endorsement of the three previous representative for District 23 (Henry Bonilla, [[Francisco Canseco]], and Will Hurd), along with Texas Agriculture Commissioner [[Sid Miller]], Land Commissioner George P. Bush, and former San Antonio City Council member and unsuccessful mayoral candidate in 2019, Greg Brockhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2020/01/06/this-is-the-2020-republican-march-primary-ballot-for-bexar-county/|title=This is the 2020 Republican March Primary ballot for Bexar County|publisher=ksat.com|accessdate=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Gonzales or Reyes will face the  Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones of San Antonio, in the November 3 general election. Ortiz Jones polled 41,560 votes in the Democratic primary against four opponents, having finished with two-thirds of the 62,346 votes cast. The Republican primary turnout was just under 41,000 ballots, some 22,000 less than the total Democratic vote. The tabulations seem to indicate that Ortiz Jones, an avid backer of [[Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] and the [[Affordable Care Act]], was the favorite to claim the seat from the Republicans in the fall campaign. In May, Arredondo-Lynch endorsed Gonzales in the runoff in which Gonzales defeated Raul Reyes, Jr., of Del Rio, by only seven votes. Gonzales then defeated Ortiz Jones in an upset in spite of election "prediction" sites like the Cook Political Report that anticipated a flip for the Democrats, polling 149,395 votes (50.6 percent) to 137,693 (46.6 percent).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-texas-house-district-23.html Texas Election Results: 23rd Congressional District]. ''The New York Times''. Archived version available [https://archive.md/jdLR1 here]. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref>

A runoff election pitted Tony Gonzales of San Antonio, who led the primary with 11,530 unofficial votes (28.1 percent) against Raul Reyes, who jumped into an early lead but finished in second place with 9,570 votes (23.4 percent). Arrendondo-Lynch finished third with 5,404 votes (13.2 percent), half in raw votes of what she had received in a two-candidate race in 2018 against Hurd; Jeff McFarlin fourth with 4,240 votes (10.3 percent); Ben Van Winkle, fifth with 4,424 (10.8 percent). Reyes' platform stances are nearly identical to those of Arredondo-Lynch and Sharon Thomas, according to their campaign brochures. A native of the border city of Del Rio, Reyes served for twenty-two years as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army in which he was assigned to Central and South America. [[Tony Gonzales]] of San Antonio, a twenty-year veteran of the [[United States Navy]], carried the endorsement of the three previous representative for District 23 (Henry Bonilla, [[Francisco Canseco]], and Will Hurd), along with Texas Agriculture Commissioner [[Sid Miller]], Land Commissioner George P. Bush, and former San Antonio City Council member and unsuccessful mayoral candidate in 2019, Greg Brockhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2020/01/06/this-is-the-2020-republican-march-primary-ballot-for-bexar-county/|title=This is the 2020 Republican March Primary ballot for Bexar County|publisher=ksat.com|accessdate=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Gonzales or Reyes will face the  Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones of San Antonio, in the November 3 general election. Ortiz Jones polled 41,560 votes in the Democratic primary against four opponents, having finished with two-thirds of the 62,346 votes cast. The Republican primary turnout was just under 41,000 ballots, some 22,000 less than the total Democratic vote. The tabulations seem to indicate that Ortiz Jones, an avid backer of [[Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] and the [[Affordable Care Act]], was the favorite to claim the seat from the Republicans in the fall campaign. In May, Arredondo-Lynch endorsed Gonzales in the runoff in which Gonzales defeated Raul Reyes, Jr., of Del Rio, by only seven votes. Gonzales then defeated Ortiz Jones in an upset in spite of election "prediction" sites like the Cook Political Report that anticipated a flip for the Democrats, polling 149,395 votes (50.6 percent) to 137,693 (46.6 percent).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-texas-house-district-23.html Texas Election Results: 23rd Congressional District]. ''The New York Times''. Archived version available [https://archive.md/jdLR1 here]. Retrieved December 3, 2021.</ref>

===2022 campaign===

===2022 campaign===