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(Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool) The outcome of a special election in Texas held on Saturday was covered yesterday by my RedState colleague Bonchie. The special election in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District on Saturday was not caused by a safe incumbent departing Congress to join the new administration. That dynamic exists in a handful of districts where Democrat incumbents have left to join the Biden administration, and it would be a true shocker for any of those “safe”...

  As weekend television talk shows revealed, the president’s efforts are at the starting point to secure another $4 trillion in spending for infrastructure and expanded government benefits, plus tax hikes, in perhaps two or more mammoth measures by the fall.   Front and center for the West Wing: selling details to the American people in key states, using television, radio and podcast interviews, ad campaigns, appearances by officials, and special outreach briefings organized for sub-sub-con...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. The special election in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District on Saturday was seen as the first competitive race since Joe Biden was elected president and a bellwether on how a district that was seen to be purpling reacted to the new administration’s first 100 days. The results were seen as a blow to Democrats because two Republicans earned enough votes to advance to a runoff. Susan Wright, the wife of the la...

Susan Wright vs. Jake Ellzey renews rivalry, with Donald Trump, Rick Perry as key players The Congressional District 6 race to replace Ron Wright could get nasty as leading Republicans battle for votes in urban areas and small towns. 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 ...

10 Things in Politics: Big problems may await the economy 10 Things in Politics, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. Heres what were talking about: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP/Getty Images 1. BEHIND THE BOOM: The economic boom is here. But economists and experts also see some potential peril ahead. Heres a look at what were watching: Whats wrong with being confident?: A majority of investors and business owners worldwide think President Biden ...

May 3, 2021 | Republicans Susan Wright and state Rep. Jake Ellzey will advance to a runoff in the special election to fill a North Texas congressional seat.  Wright, the widow of Rep. Ron Wright and a longtime activist in local GOP politics, emerged from the 23-person field as one of the top two candidates to represent the 6th Congressional District, winning more than 19 percent of the vote. She was first to advance to the runoff. Ellzey advanced after the third-place candidate, Jana Lynne S...

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May 3, 2021 Election Day: Polling place The widow of late Congressman Ron Wright is headed for a runoff election for her late husbands seat. Susan Wright is leading in the vote tally for Texass sixth district House seat. But because she will not receive more than 50-percent of the vote, the election will head to a runoff. She will face GOP statehouse member Jake Ellzey. Ron Wright died in February after a battle with coronavirus. The date for the runoff has not been set.  

Texas House Runoff Set Between Wife Of COVID Victim Rep. Ron Wright And Republican Jake Ellzey Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It’s come down to a runoff for the U.S. House seat in Texas between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republican Jake Ellzey. Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez was narrowly locked out of the runoff in Texas’ 6th Congressional Dis...

Donald Trump Claims His Susan Wright Endorsement Shut Democrats Out of Texas House Race On 5/3/21 at 3:50 PM EDT Donald Trump claimed victory in Texas on Monday, asserting that his involvement shut Democrats out of a special election for the states 6th Congressional District. "Please explain to the Democrats and RINOs that the reason Texas-06 completely shut out Democrats in Saturdays Jungle Primary is because of my Endorsement of Susan Wright, who surged last week after receiving it," the form...