Republican Susan Wright makes U.S. House runoff in Texas By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
Published: May 1, 2021, 8:58pm
Share: Volunteer Al Green looks at his phone as he takes a break from holding a sign supporting his candidate in a local election outside an early voting location Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Mansfield, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AUSTIN, Texas Republican Susan Wright of Texas, the widow of the first member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19, secured a place in a U.S. House runoff for her late husband’s seat Saturday night.
With votes still being counted, Wright was ahead with more than 18 percent of the vote in Texas’ 6th Congressional District. Close behind were Republican Jake Ellzey and Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez for the other runoff spot.
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Republican Susan Wright on Saturday advanced to a runoff in the race to represent Texas’s 6th Congressional District, while other candidates continued to vie for the second spot.
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Republican Susan Wright, the widow of the late Texas Rep. Ron Wright, will head to a runoff election in her campaign to fill her husband s 6th Congressional District seat.
She is likely to face state Rep. Jake Ellzey, a fellow Republican, in a runoff election to be scheduled no earlier than May 24.
Wright, a longtime Republican party activist, was winning about 23% late Saturday
in the jungle primary special election to fill the seat. Ellzey won about 14%, a few hundred votes ahead of Democratic activist and journalist Jana Lynne Sanchez. Not making the runoff would be a disappointment for Democrats who hope that Texas has become a competitive, two-party purple state, rather than staying as a reliably red one.