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Just days into early voting for the March 1 primary, voters will need to go in-person to the office to resolve the questioned status of their ballots. The confusion is a direct result of the new election law. ....
Republicans and Democrats are lining up to replace the late Rep. Ron Wright Twenty-three candidates 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent have filed to run in the May 1 election. While the 6th Congressional District has been controlled by Republicans since the 1980s, Biden came within 3 points of flipping the district, which is made up of the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs and more rural Ellis and Navarro counties. “I think it is a bellwether, but I think it’s still on the verge of becoming sort of a swing district,” said Texas-based Democratic strategist Sawyer Hackett. “In the last [five years] the district has gotten a lot more competitive, the state has gotten a lot more competitive.” ....
It’s time to elect people who are in the cold with you,” said Lassiter, who was also without power for a few days. “I really felt abandoned in that moment nobody to call, nowhere to go, no leadership really giving any instruction,” she said. It’s time to really challenge the status quo, she continued. I think Texans are honestly fed up and ready for leadership that is speaking for them, speaking their values. And so that’s what I intend to do. On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott scheduled the special election to fill Wright’s seat for May 1. A day later, Wright s widow, Susan Wright, announced her candidacy for the position. ....