He helped redraw the voting map for this district — then ran for the seat himself.
Gober is a behind-the-scenes lawyer for powerful Republicans. He ran the political money group for billionaire Elon Musk that spent more than $250 million to help elect Donald Trump in 2024. Last year he helped quietly redraw Texas's voting maps — then entered the race for one of the very seats those new maps created.
Gober’s take on Texas values
Gober helped engineer Texas's Trump-backed redistricting and ran Elon Musk's $250 million political operation — placing him on the opposite side of these worries about gerrymandering and big money.