Anthony Gonzalez (born September 18, 1984) is an American politician and former professional football player.
A member of the Republican Party, he is serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and was reelected in 2020.
Anthony Gonzalez | |||||||||
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th district | |||||||||
Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Jim Renacci | ||||||||
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Born | September 18, 1984 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
Political party | Republican | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Gonzalez | ||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||
Education | Ohio State University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) | ||||||||
Website | House website | ||||||||
Football career | |||||||||
No. 11 | |||||||||
Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius | ||||||||
College: | Ohio State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 32 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Anthony Gonzalez played college football for Ohio State University and played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Indianapolis Colts.
Anthony Gonzalez played football in college for Ohio State University. In his last season at Ohio State he scored 8 touchdowns. Gonzalez then joined the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL. In his second season he was injured for eight weeks. Anthony went to the Super Bowl in 2010 but did not win.
Anthony Gonzalez ran for the United States House of Representatives seat in Ohio's 16th congressional district in 2018 as a Republican. Gonzalez won the election. On January 13, 2021 Gonzalez voted with nine Republicans and all the Democrats in the House of Representatives to impeach Donald Trump a second time. Many people did not like this and he was asked to resign by Jane Timken.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Anthony Gonzalez | 34,056 | 53.06 | |
Republican | Christina Hagan | 26,185 | 40.79 | |
Republican | Michael Grusenmeyer | 3,946 | 6.15 | |
Total votes | 64,187 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Anthony Gonzalez | 170,029 | 56.7 | ||
Democratic | Susan Moran Palmer | 129,681 | 43.3 | ||
Total votes | 299,710 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
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