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April 30, 2021 7:04 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Republican lawmakers across the country are proposing an aggressive culling of voter rolls by checking names against other government databases that may be flawed, meaning eligible voters could be swept out and blocked from voting. Nationally, at least 50 bills have been proposed that would trim voter rolls more vigorously than in previous legislative sessions, and several have already been signed into law, spurred by record...

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...

Voters in Texas’ 6th Congressional District will head to the polls on Saturday to choose a successor to former Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), who died after contracting the coronavirus in February. And the contest may prove to be a referendum on former President Donald Trump. A whopping 23 candidates — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent — are on the ballot. If no single candidate wins more than 50 percent, voters will return to the polls later to decide...

Pelosi Is ‘Very Confident’ Democrats ‘Will Hold Majority’ After 2022 Midterms House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that she believes Democrats will hold the majority in the House after the 2022 midterm elections, saying that her confidence stems from recent census results. According to the Census Bureau, Texas gained two seats in the House, while Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gained one seat. Meanwhile, California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pen...

The November 2020 U.S. House elections left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi TX-06 is centered in southeast Tarrant County (Fort Worth), which contains 70 percent of the district’s voters, extending southeast into exurban Ellis County (25 percent) and rural Navarro County (5 percent). During the past decade, TX-06 has transitioned from red to pink, with the GOP presidential candidate winning by 17 percentage points in 2012, 12 points in 2016 and 3 points in 2020. The TX-06 races followed a similar ...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, shakes hands with Linda Thomas right, as Texas congressional candidate Michael Wood looks on 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 election for the 6th Congressional District. AP MANSFIELD, Texas — Adam Kinzinger came to Texas this week to hunt unicorns. The Illinois congressman was looking for Republicans who, like him, see ...

The so-called jungle primary comes nearly three months after a second-term House Republican died from Covid-19. His widow is among nearly two dozen candidates running for his seat. Sign supporting various candidates sit outside an early voting location in Mansfield, Texas, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/LM Otero) FORT WORTH (CN) – A crowded field of 23 candidates made their final push Friday on the eve of a special election to replace Texas Congressman Ron Wright, the first sitting member of Congress ...

© iStock/The Hill Illustration Texas Republican Susan Wright, who is running in a special House race on Saturday to replace her late husband, former Rep. Ron Wright Wright’s campaign said in a statement it has reached out to the FBI and Justice Department to investigate the call, which went out to supporters just a day before the special election in Texas’s 6th Congressional District. “This is illegal, immoral, and wrong. There’s not a sewer too deep that some politicians won’t plumb...

Special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ron Wright remains highly competitive in final hours, as Donald Trump looms large Texas Tribune Tags:  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 th...

Gutter politics: Robocall saying candidate Susan Wright murdered husband reported to FBI on eve of election Emily Brooks © Provided by Washington Examiner Dirty tricks in negative campaigning reached a new low in the days before a Texas special election. A robocall to Texas voters said Texas Republican congressional candidate Susan Wright "murdered her husband" by purposefully giving him the coronavirus in order to cash in on a life insurance policy and is "running for Congre...