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Live-updating maps, vote counts, and analysis of the Texas congressional special election from The Washington Post.

Texas special election: Republican Susan Wright advances to runoff in race for U.S. House seat, NBC News projects Allan Smith © Provided by NBC News Susan Wright will advance to a runoff election for her deceased husband's North Texas congressional seat, NBC News projected Saturday. Wright, the widow of Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, and a longtime activist in local GOP politics, emerged from a 23-person field as one of the top two candidates vying to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District. NBC News has not yet projected who Wright will face in the runoff, which will take pl...

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 Wright, the widow of the late congressman, and fellow Republican Jake Ellzey took the top slots in...

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 handout photo of Jake Ellzey, candidate for Congressional District 6 in north Texas. (Dallas Morning...

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 Biden's term, is a jungle primary featuring 11 Republicans, including Wright's widow, 10 Democrats and two others. If no candidate clears 50 percent of the vote, the race ...