Voters in Texasâ 6th Congressional District will head to the polls on Saturday to choose a successor to former Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), who died after contracting the coronavirus in February. And the contest may prove to be a referendum on former President Donald Trump.
A whopping 23 candidates â 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent â are on the ballot. If no single candidate wins more than 50 percent, voters will return to the polls later to decide a runoff between the top two candidates.
Wrightâs widow, Susan Wright, picked up a key endorsement from Trump earlier this week and is currently favored to walk away from Saturdayâs election with the most votes. She is a member of the Texas Republican Executive Committee and picked up a long list of endorsements from Texas GOP lawmakers following her decision to run for office in February.
The so-called jungle primary comes nearly three months after a second-term House Republican died from Covid-19. His widow is among nearly two dozen candidates running for his seat.
Sign supporting various candidates sit outside an early voting location in Mansfield, Texas, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
FORT WORTH (CN) – A crowded field of 23 candidates made their final push Friday on the eve of a special election to replace Texas Congressman Ron Wright, the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting Covid-19.
The so-called jungle primary for Texas’ 6
th Congressional District is being closely watched nationwide over Democrats’ progress in the traditionally red state since last year’s election of President Joe Biden. The district has long been a Republican stronghold, but has slowly become more blue as formerly rural areas in the district become more suburban.
Voters in Texas’ 6th Congressional District will head to the polls on Saturday to choose a successor to former Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), who died after contracting the coronavirus in February. And the contest may prove to be a referendum on former President Donald Trump.
A whopping 23 candidates 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent are on the ballot. If no single candidate wins more than 50 percent, voters will return to the polls later to decide a runoff between the top two candidates.
Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, picked up a key endorsement from Trump earlier this week and is currently favored to walk away from Saturday’s election with the most votes. She is a member of the Texas Republican Executive Committee and picked up a long list of endorsements from Texas GOP lawmakers following her decision to run for office in February.