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Two Republicans are heading to a runoff in the special House election in Texas after no candidate in the sprawling 23-candidate field won an outright majority of votes.

Voters Advance 2 Republicans, No Democrats in Texas Special Election Runoff Race Two Republicans will advance to a runoff as the top two vote-getters in the race for Texas’s 6th Congressional District, after no one in the 23-candidate field won an outright majority of votes on May 1. Republicans Susan Wright, wife of the late Rep. Ron Wright, finished with 19 percent of the vote, while Jake Ellzey garnered 14 percent. Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez finished third with 13 percent and conceded on...

Texas Republican Susan Wright Advances to Runoff in Race for US House Seat Susan Wright received enough votes to advance to the runoff, getting 19.2 percent of the tally. Wright entered the race following the death of Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), who died after testing positive for COVID-19 in February. Wright released a short statement late Saturday, writing on Twitter, “Let’s go win this!” She used the hashtag for “Make America Great Again,” President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign s...

Dems get locked out of Texas special election POLITICO 3 hrs ago By Ally Mutnick © Susan Walsh/AP Photo Former Rep. Ron Wright and his wife, Susan Wright, are pictured during his ceremonial swearing-in with with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 3, 2019. Democrats best chance this year to pad their slim House majority suddenly evaporated Saturday night, as Republicans claimed both runoff spots in the special election for a fast-changing House seat outside Fort Worth. Susan...

Who, and what, won over the hearts and minds of Texas voters in this round of mostly local elections?

Republicans Susan Wright, Jake Ellzey leading in the race to replace the late Ron Wright in Congress Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez in a close third in the GOP-leaning district in early voting. LEFT IMAGE: Susan Wright, a Republican candidate running in the 6th Congressional District of Texas race, answers questions during a forum hosted by the Arlington Republican Club at Studio Movie Grill in Arlington on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News) RIGHT IMAGE: Undated ...

More than two dozen candidates vie for House seat in Texas special election Allan Smith © Provided by NBC News Some 23 candidates are on the ballot Saturday as North Texas voters select who will replace U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican who died earlier this year after contracting Covid-19. The race to represent Texas 6th Congressional district, the first hotly-contested special election of President Joe Bidens term, is a jungle primary featuring 11 Republicans, including Wri...

Print this article Republican Susan Wright, the widow of the late Texas Rep. Ron Wright, will head to a runoff election in her campaign to fill her husbands 6th Congressional District seat. She is likely to face state Rep. Jake Ellzey, a fellow Republican, in a runoff election to be scheduled no earlier than May 24. Wright, a longtime Republican party activist, was winning about 23% late Saturday in the "jungle primary" special election to fill the seat. Ellzey won about 14%, a few hundred ...

Susan Wright, widow of late congressman, heads to runoff Emily Brooks © Provided by Washington Examiner Republican Susan Wright, the widow of the late Texas Rep. Ron Wright, will head to a runoff election in her campaign to fill her husbands 6th Congressional District seat. She is likely to face state Rep. Jake Ellzey, a fellow Republican, in a runoff election to be scheduled no earlier than May 24. Wright, a longtime Republican party activist, was winning about 23% late Sat...

AP Photo/John Minchillo Susan Wright, a Republican activist, and widow of deceased Congressman Ron Wright who died of Covid in February captured first place in the “jungle primary” in the Texas 6th congressional district. Twenty-three candidates vied for two spots in the runoff election in July and Wright finished first by a large margin. In the battle for the second spot in the runoff, air force veteran and Texas state House representative Jake Ellzey is in a tight battle with Democrat Jan...