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The U.S. Capitol. Democratic members of the House prepare articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Saturday is election day in the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington. The polls close at 7 p.m. Central time, and we’ll have live results on this page...

/ The U.S. Capitol building. Nearly two dozen candidates are vying to fill the late congressmans seat, and former president Donald Trump is backing Wrights widow, Susan Wright. When the lineup was set March 3 for Saturday’s special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, there was some hope the 23-candidate field would eventually give way to a much more manageable race. While that has happened to an extent — some of the major-party candidates have separated themselv...

Bush Says Current GOPs White Anglo-Saxon Traditions of Trump Will Lead to Partys Extinction © AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202105011082781330-bush-says-current-gops-white-anglo-saxon-traditions-of-trump-will-lead-to-partys-extinction/ Bush, who has recently made frequent appearances in the media to comment on domestic politics in connection with the promotion of his new book, has previously crit...

Adam Kinzinger came to Texas this week to hunt unicorns. The Illinois congressman was looking for Republicans who, like him, see former President Donald Trump as a scourge on their party and a threat to democracy. Kinzinger met privately with one sympathetic Republican, former President George W. Bush, on his first day in the state. And on the second, he had lunch with Michael Wood, the only openly anti-Trump Republican competing on Saturday in a crowded special election for a seat in Congress....

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Nearly two dozen candidates are on the ballot Saturday in the race to fill a vacant House seat in Northern Texas in a district that’s long been held by Republicans but has become increasingly competitive in recent years. The race to succeed the late Rep. Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 complications in February, is likely the only congressional special election to date this year with a chance of flipping party c...

Texas congressional race showcases GOP fight over Trump, conspiracy theories and election lies CNN 6 hrs ago © CNN/Jeremy Moorhead Some Republicans in a crowded field of candidates competing for a US House seat in Texas ahead of a May 1 special election have embraced Donald Trump and his political legacy. A former professional wrestler is using the tagline "make America Texas again" as he warns "commies in DC are ruining America." Two former Trump administration officials are highlighting t...

POLITICO Trump crashes final days of Texas special election The former president weighed in with a final-week endorsement of Susan Wright, widow of late Rep. Ron Wright. Former President Donald Trump made a late foray in the scramble for a vacant congressional seat in North Texas, transforming a once-quiet race into a major test of his post-presidency king-making power. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Link Copied The first competitive special of the new election cycle has quickly turned into a 2020 r...

Kinzinger goes to Texas in search of anti-Trump Republicans STEVE PEOPLES and PAUL WEBER, Associated Press April 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, shakes hands with Grant Goodyear, right, as Texas congressional candidate Michael Wood, center, shakes hands with Linda Thomas Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. Wood is considered the anti-Trump Republican Texas congressional candidate that Kinzinger has endorsed in the May 1st special e...

Texas special election poses test for anti-Trump Republicans Steve Peoples And Paul Weber Associated Press Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, shakes hands with Grant Goodyear, right, as Texas congressional candidate Michael Wood, center, shakes hands with Linda Thomas Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. Wood is considered the anti-Trump Republican Texas congressional candidate that Kinzinger has endorsed in the May 1st ...

Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via REUTERS When the lineup was set March 3 for Saturday’s special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, there was some hope the 23-candidate field would eventually give way to a much more manageable race. While that has happened to an extent — some of the major-party candidates have separated themselves from the pack — the race remains highly competitive in its final hours, and two major questions loom that have both Demo...