TX-10: Former Elon Musk lawyer emerges as frontrunner in GOP primary for Michael McCaul's congressional seat
WASHINGTON — In the race to replace Rep. Michael McCaul in Congress, Republicans in Texas and Washington are consolidating behind prominent GOP attorney Chris Gober, who served as chief lawyer of Elon Musk’s super PAC and has raised more than $1 million for his campaign.
McCaul, an Austin Republican who has represented Central Texas’ 10th Congressional District for more than two decades, announced in September he wouldn’t seek reelection. Gober is one of 10 Republicans competing to succeed him in the red-leaning district, which covers all or parts of 13 counties spanning from Austin to East Texas.
While the district added more residents of liberal Travis County under Republicans’ redrawn congressional map, it also now stretches farther into bright-red East Texas. Nearly one-third of the seat’s population remains situated in Brazos County, home to Texas A&M University and College Station. The district would have given Donald Trump about 60% of the vote had it existed during the 2024 presidential election.
Gober, an Austin-based lawyer, currently runs a law firm called Lex Politica, which he told The New York Times last year that he wants to be “synonymous with the conservative movement.” Gober founded the firm after serving as director and chief lawyer of Musk’s America PAC in 2024 and defending a legal challenge against Musk’s $1 million payouts to swing state voters.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/texas-10th-congressional-district-gop-primary-chris-gober-trump/
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