23 Candidates Are on Ballot for Open Texas Congressional Seat
The front-runner in Saturday’s election is Susan Wright, who has been endorsed by Donald J. Trump and is the widow of Representative Ron Wright, who died of Covid-19 in February.
A display of election posters outside an early voting location in Mansfield, Texas. There are 23 candidates on the ballot in Saturday’s special election for a vacant House seat.Credit...LM Otero/Associated Press
May 1, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
AUSTIN, Texas — Not long ago, Texas’ Sixth Congressional District seemed to be securely in Republican hands. Ron Wright, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was poised to advance the G.O.P.’s agenda after he was elected in 2018.