Rep. Gonzalez will not run again

Decision opens doors for Castro, Rodriguez.

By Gary Martin, gmartin@express-news.net
Updated 01:22 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011

WASHINGTON — Rep. Charlie Gonzalez said Friday he won't seek re-election, a decision that will end the congressional tenure of a Democratic family whose name has been synonymous with the city of San Antonio for more than half a century.

Gonzalez, who sued the state over a redistricting plan that carved downtown out of his central San Antonio congressional district, said it was not reapportionment, but the need to provide financial stability for his family that's forcing him to seek a new career.

“I still find the job hugely rewarding, but the demands pull me somewhere else,â€