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Jake Ellzey beats Trump-backed Susan Wright in race to replace the late Ron Wright in Congress Jake Ellzey beats Trump-backed Susan Wright in race to replace the late Ron Wright in Congress Former President Donald Trump put his weight behind Wright, but Ron Wright’s widow is stunned by Ellzey, a state lawmaker from Waxahachie. State Representative Jake Ellzey gives thumbs up to members of the media at the conclusion of an interview session as he is surrounded by supporters after being confir...

  Jake Ellzey defeated fellow Republican Susan Wright in a special runoff in Texas’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday night, dealing a blow to both her and former President Trump The Associated Press called the race for Ellzey, who won more than 53 percent of the vote with nearly all precincts reporting. Ellzey and Wright were the top vote-getters in a May special election in which nobody won an outright majority of the vote, sparking the Tuesday contest. ADVERTISEMENT The election was ...

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press Jul 27, 2021 14 hrs ago AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over a rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former president a defeat in a test of his endorsement power since leaving office. Ellzey’s come-from-behind victory over Republican Susan Wright, the widow of the late Rep. Ron Wright, in a special congressional election runoff near Dallas is likely to be celebrated by Trump antagon...

Ellzey is a Republican state legislator who finished a distant second to Wright in May, and who only narrowly made the runoff over a Democrat. The seat opened up following the death of Ron Wright, who in February became the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Far from running on an anti-Trump platform, Ellzey did not try distancing himself from the twice-impeached former president. He instead sought to overcome the lack of Trump’s backing by raising more money...

The Texas Tribune Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey are looking to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, at Texas 6th congressional district. By: Patrick Svitek and last updated 2021-07-27 22:25:22-04 State Rep. Jake Ellzey of Waxahachie is projected to beat fellow Republican Susan Wright on Tuesday to succeed her late husband, U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, and pull off a major upset against a candidate backed by former President Donald Trump. With 93% of precincts...

GOPs Jake Ellzey wins US House seat over Trump-backed rival Congressional District 6 candidate Jake Ellzey talks with supporters during an evening fundraiser at Legal Draft in Arlington, Texas on July 14, 2021. A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is deciding who will fill the remaining term of Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting COVID-19. Voters on Tuesday, July 27 were choosing between Republican Susan Wright, the widow of the lat...

Trump-backed candidate projected to lose U.S. House race in Texas-media By Susan Cornwell Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trumps preferred candidate for a U.S. House seat in Texas was projected to lose a special runoff election on Tuesday, defeated by a fellow Republican who raised far more campaign cash, the Texas Tribune newspaper said. Susan Wright, a 58-year-old Republican activist whom Trump endorsed in April, had sought to finish her late husband Representative Ron W...

July 28, 2021 Texas state Rep. Jake Ellzey (R) is the projected winner of the special election runoff in Texas 6th Congressional District. With nearly all precincts reporting their results on Tuesday night, Ellzey has 53 percent of the vote, defeating fellow Republican Susan Wright. Wrights late husband, Rep. Ron Wright, represented the 6th Congressional District until his death from COVID-19 in February.  Susan Wright had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who also recorded a r...

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internal polls ahead of the runoff, with two polls showing her with double-digit leads. Democrats hoped they could win the suburban district in the special election called after Ron Wright’s death but were somewhat blindsided after they were locked out of the initial May special election in a 23-way race. Wright had the endorsements of Trump and other influential Republicans, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican. But some other Texas Re...