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Special election set for May 1; widow of Rep. Ron Wright joins race Waxahachie Daily Light What has promised to be a heated race for an open U.S. House seat grew even hotter last week with the entrance of both the local Texas House representative and the widow of the former officeholder. Entering the race on Friday was Texas House District 10 first-term Rep. Jake Ellzey of Midlothian, who had previously run for the seat in 2018, losing to Ron Wright in a runoff in the Republican primary. Ellzey, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, current airline pilot and a past Texas Veterans Commissioner, w...

Credit: REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan The race to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, has already attracted a crowd of candidates — and more are expected in the coming days. Even before Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the special election would be May 1, Democrats and Republicans were lining up for the seat, and as of Wednesday, at least 11 contenders had entered the contest. They range from the obscure to well known, most notably including Wright's widow and longtime GOP activist Susan Wright, who made her bid official Wednesday morning. The filing deadline...