Texas House Runoff Set Between Wife Of COVID Victim Rep. Ron Wright And Republican Jake Ellzey Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) It’s come down to a runoff for the U.S. House seat in Texas between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republican Jake Ellzey.
Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez was narrowly locked out of the runoff in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, which has long been GOP territory. With nearly all votes counted, Sanchez had trailed Ellzey by 354 votes. She said in a statement Sunday that her campaign “came up short.”
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is set between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republican Jake Ellzey.
Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez was narrowly locked out of the runoff in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, which has long been GOP territory. With nearly all votes counted, Sanchez had trailed Ellzey by 354 votes. She said in a statement Sunday that her campaign “came up short.”
“Democrats have come a long way toward competing in Texas but we still have a long way to go,” Sanchez said in a statement.
May 2021 Texas election results By Craig Huber Texas UPDATED 11:00 AM CT May. 02, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:32 AM CT May. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:32 AM CDT May. 01, 2021
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TEXAS From mayors to contentious propositions, Texans made their voices heard at polling locations on Saturday.
Despite heavy rain and flooding in parts of the state, turnout was fairly robust in some locations as voters made decisions that will affect their respective communities for years.
In Austin, voters passed Proposition B. Seen as a sharp rebuke of actions taken by the Austin City Council, it means that the city’s homeless camping ban will go back into effect.
The proposition was supported by Gov. Greg Abbott and opposed by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and others.
Texas Democrats concede lockout in House special election
Amy B Wang and David Weigel, The Washington Post
May 2, 2021
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Susan Wright, a candidate for Texas s 6th district, poses at her home office in Arlington, Texas, on April 16, 2021.Washington Post photo by David Weige.
Texas Democrats on Sunday conceded that they had fallen short in a special election for a U.S. House seat in the state s 6th Congressional District, ensuring that a Republican will win a seat that had been trending away from the party.
Twenty-three candidates had been vying to represent the North Texas district after the death of Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican, in February after he was diagnosed with covid-19, the illness that can be caused by the novel coronavirus. Wright s widow, Susan Wright, secured the top runoff spot Saturday, with state Rep. Jake Ellzey, a Republican, taking second place.