Susan Wright, Endorsed By Donald Trump, Advances To U.S. House Runoff In Texas
The Republican is running for the seat previously held by her husband, Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting COVID-19.
Paul J. Weber
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Republican Susan Wright of Texas, the widow of the first member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19, advanced to a U.S. House runoff for her late husband’s seat Saturday night.
But who she will face remained too early to call. With nearly all votes counted, Republican Jake Ellzey led Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez by 354 votes in the race for the second runoff spot in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, which has long been GOP territory.
WB polls: Sharad Pawar congratulates Mamata as TMC surges ahead of BJP
WB polls: Sharad Pawar congratulates Mamata as TMC surges ahead of BJP
PTI / Updated: May 2, 2021, 15:10 IST
Sharad Pawar on Sunday congratulated
Mamata Banerjee, whose party TMC was striding way ahead of the BJP in the counting of votes for the West Bengal Assembly polls. The
Trinamool Congress (TMC) was ahead in 202 of the 292 seats that went to polls in West Bengal, way over the halfway mark of 147, leaving the BJP trailing far behind in 77 seats. Congratulations @MamataOfficial on your stupendous victory! Let us continue our work towards the welfare of people and tackling the Pandemic collectively, tweeted Pawar, whose party shares power with the
The fact that TMC has secured a sweeping 200-plus seats against almost all expectations underlines two things. One, Didi remains a popular leader, forming a more singular and visible lynchpin than Delhis Dada, who despite his visitations seemed more mascot than spearhead during these polls.
Will introspect : Congress accepts its defeat in Kerala polls Will introspect : Congress accepts its defeat in Kerala polls
IANS / Updated: May 2, 2021, 17:36 IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Top
Assembly polls as it seemed the party-led
United Democratic Front will, in all likelihood, end up with less seats than 2016.
According to the figures presently available for the 140 member Aassembly, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led
Left Democratic Front, set to create history with two consecutive electoral victories, is leading in 100 seats while the Congress-led UDF is leading in 40 seats, against 47 seats in 2016.
Leader of Opposition
Ramesh Chennithala, while winning from his home base at Haripad in Alappuzha district, said that they are gracefully accepting the verdict, but will pursue the allegations against the Vijayan government.