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Gonzalez made the announcement on social media days after admitting he had an affair with a former staffer, which is against House rules.
He also said he'd serve out the rest of his term in Congress.
That former staffer, Regina Santos Aviles, took her own life in September.
House Republican leaders had called on Gonzalez to end his re-election bid over the scandal, and the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Gonzalez's conduct.
Earlier this week, Gonzalez made it into the runoff in the Republican primary for the 23rd Congressional District in Texas, trailing Brandon Arreta, a YouTube pro-gun influencer.
Aretha is now the GOP nominee and will face Democrat Katie Padilla-Stout in the November general election.
For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
Gonzalez is being investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct with a staffer in his congressional office.
Gonzalez had been dealing with the scandal after the San Antonio Express News first published allegations that Gonzalez had an affair with his former staffer, Regina Santos Aviles.
Gonzalez denies the affair and calls the scandal a political attack.
Santos Aviles took her own life last September.
Tuesday, in the Texas Republican primary for the 23rd congressional district, Gonzalez came in second with just under 42 percent of the vote, trailing Brendan Arreta, a pro-gun activist.
The two are heading into the May 26 runoff for the sprawling congressional district that includes 800 miles of the Texas border.
For NPR News, I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio.
Republican Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was the first of Gonzalez's colleagues to publicly demand the South Texas congressman step down over allegations of misconduct.
Boebert wrote on the social media platform X, at Rep.
Attached to her message was a screenshot of sexual text messages allegedly between Gonzalez and his staffer Regina Santos-Aviles.
Santos-Aviles took her own life last September.
South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace and Florida Representative Ana Paulina Luna echoed the call for Gonzalez to resign.