List of candidates keeps growing for U.S. House District 1

TYLER — East Texas business owner Joe McDaniel has officially announced his candidacy for Rep. Louie Gohmert’s U.S. House District 1 seat. According to our news partner KETK, McDaniel made the announcement Tuesday through his candidate page on Facebook. McDaniel, of Kilgore, says he’s running as a “Conservative Republican” and intends to represent East Texas as a member from the community, saying that he is not a part of the “political bubble” of Smith County. McDaniel is joined in the GOP primary race by Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran, former Gohmert staffer Aditya Atholi of Center, and John Porro of Dallas.