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Gov. Greg Abbott set a special election date of Aug. 31 for the Texas House seat recently vacated by U.S. Rep Jake Ellzey.

Print this article Mike Carey, former President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, won the Republican nomination in the primary for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District special election on Tuesday. The result is a win for the former president, who had the power of his endorsement questioned after backing a losing candidate in a Texas special election last week. Incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Stivers, elected to the seat in 2010, resigned earlier this year to run the Ohio Chamber of Comme...

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, a staunch Trump ally, said: “I was proud to join President Trump in endorsing Mike Carey, and I am thrilled to congratulate Mike on his hard-fought victory in a tough and crowded primary. “Mike is a proven conservative fighter who would make a tremendous ally in our fight to combat House Democrats’ radical Socialist agenda. I look forward to Mike’s victory in November and to working together to help make America more prosperous and free.” The ...

To claim the election was fraudulent. just saying that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. is there a point where republicans will call out trump over this? is the fact he is so -- >> no. [ laughter ] >> he continues to lose in the primaries. >> his endorsements. it doesnt matter. >> hes still the king of the party. i mean, he got $102 million he can use. hes raising money. hes out there doing political -- listen, the texas special -- the guy that wo...

Updated 2 hours ago NBCUniversal, Inc. State Representative Jake Ellzey is about to become Congressman Ellzey. He will represent voters in Ellis, Navarro, and part of Tarrant County. “It was an exciting night one that I dont think many people anticipated, but I think its a validation of a positive strong message,” said Ellzey. This was a race for the seat held by Ron Wright, who died after a long battle with cancer, and then contracting COVID-19. His widow Susan wright was also running for ...

In an upset, Trump-endorsed Texas candidate loses congressional race Tuesday was election day in a special race to select a successor to Rep. Ron Wright in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District. Wright died from the Wuhan coronavirus. The candidates were Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, and Texas state Rep. Jake Ellzey. Both are conservative Republicans. Susan Wright was the favorite and the leader in polls. She won the most votes in the primary, in which Ellzey barely finished second, just 354 ...

Courtesy of Club for Growth Yesterday, a special runoff election was held in Texas’ 6th Congressional District to fill the seat of Ron Wright, who died of Wuhan virus in February. Twenty-three candidates filed to win the seat that Wright had won by nine points in November 2020. The May 1 primary election didn’t produce an outright winner, so the top two vote-getters faced off last night. They were Texas state representative and former Navy fighter pilot Jake Ellzey and Wright’s widow, Sus...

‘Huge Loss’ For Trump In Texas As He Tries To Dodge Blame Photo from Susan Wrights campaign Facebook Reprinted with permission from Alternet Donald Trump is refusing to concede defeat, although this time though he was not the candidate. Trump endorsed Susan Wright in the Texas Republican special election runoff for a U.S. House seat – a seat that opened after Wrights husband, Rep. Ron Wright, died of coronavirus. She lost on Tuesday to Jake Ellzey. Not according ...

Susan Wright lost her congressional race, but the big loser was Trump His candidate endorsements are causing trouble for the GOP. Susan Wright, Republican candidate for Texas 6th Congressional District, greets voters outside a polling location during early voting for a special runoff election on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. She lost the race to Jake Ellzey, a Republican state legislator.(Elias Valverde II) 1:30 AM on Jul 29, 2021 CDT The unexpected loser in Tuesday’s special...

Ellzey bucks Trump establishment, wins U.S. House runoff election North Texas voters eschew former presidents endorsement of congressman’s widow in battle between conservatives (Note: This is a developing story and will be updated.) A political earthquake with only a three-county coverage area — but with shockwaves that undoubtedly were felt at a mansion in South Florida — was registered Tuesday night in North Texas. In a stinging rejection of former president Donald Trump’s endorsement...