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In an upset, Trump-endorsed Texas candidate loses congressional race Tuesday was election day in a special race to select a successor to Rep. Ron Wright in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District. Wright died from the Wuhan coronavirus. The candidates were Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, and Texas state Rep. Jake Ellzey. Both are conservative Republicans. Susan Wright was the favorite and the leader in polls. She won the most votes in the primary, in which Ellzey barely finished second, just 354 votes ahead of the leading Democrat. In addition, Wright had the endorsement of former president Tru...

Courtesy of Club for Growth Yesterday, a special runoff election was held in Texas’ 6th Congressional District to fill the seat of Ron Wright, who died of Wuhan virus in February. Twenty-three candidates filed to win the seat that Wright had won by nine points in November 2020. The May 1 primary election didn’t produce an outright winner, so the top two vote-getters faced off last night. They were Texas state representative and former Navy fighter pilot Jake Ellzey and Wright’s widow, Susan. When the votes were counted, Ellzey had won 53-47. To a great extent, this was not a shock. Ellz...

‘Huge Loss’ For Trump In Texas As He Tries To Dodge Blame Photo from Susan Wright's campaign Facebook Reprinted with permission from Alternet Donald Trump is refusing to concede defeat, although this time though he was not the candidate. Trump endorsed Susan Wright in the Texas Republican special election runoff for a U.S. House seat – a seat that opened after Wright's husband, Rep. Ron Wright, died of coronavirus. She lost on Tuesday to Jake Ellzey. Not according to the former president, who also lost his election, last year. "This is the only race we've â€�...

Susan Wright lost her congressional race, but the big loser was Trump His candidate endorsements are causing trouble for the GOP. Susan Wright, Republican candidate for Texas' 6th Congressional District, greets voters outside a polling location during early voting for a special runoff election on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. She lost the race to Jake Ellzey, a Republican state legislator.(Elias Valverde II) 1:30 AM on Jul 29, 2021 CDT The unexpected loser in Tuesday’s special Texas congressional election was Susan Wright, the widow of the North Texas district’s previous ...

Ellzey bucks Trump establishment, wins U.S. House runoff election North Texas voters eschew former president's endorsement of congressman’s widow in battle between conservatives (Note: This is a developing story and will be updated.) A political earthquake with only a three-county coverage area — but with shockwaves that undoubtedly were felt at a mansion in South Florida — was registered Tuesday night in North Texas. In a stinging rejection of former president Donald Trump’s endorsement of Susan Wright and a number of well-established conservative groups, the voters of Texas U.S. Hou...