Live updates: Susan Wright leads in tight race for open U.S. House seat in Texas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/2/2021 Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 2 Republican Susan Wright, the wife of late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, has the lead in the race for Congressional District 6, with the special election looking poised to head into a runoff.
As of 10:15 p.m. with 96% of polling places reporting, Wright had 19.21% of the votes, according unofficial numbers from the Texas Secretary of State. Next behind her were Republican State Rep. Jake Ellzey with 13.9% and Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez with 13.4%.
Twenty-three candidates are running to for the North Texas district, previously held by late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after battles with lung cancer and COVID-19. The district includes most of Arlington and Mansfield and all of Ellis and Navarro counties.
Texas Congressional election heads to runoff with two Republicans in the lead By Aaron Navarro
May 2, 2021 / 3:38 PM / CBS News
Two Republicans are leading in Texas 6th congressional district, likely shutting out Democrats out from from competing in the runoff in what they hoped would be a competitive seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs.
Susan Wright was the top vote-getter on Saturday night. Her husband, Ron Wright, previously held the seat before dying from COVID-19 and a battle with lung cancer. I can t tell you how honored I am to be the first-place finisher in this special election to succeed my husband Ron, she said in a statement. Wright was boosted in the last week of the campaign with an endorsement from former President Trump on Monday. She already had backing from local party officials and other Texas Republican Congressmembers.