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3 election takeaways: Trump king of GOP, Mayor Johnson’s political setback, Dems humbled in CD-6 Saturday night’s result will set the tone for 2022 and beyond. Paul Roblyer from Portland, Ore., holds a flag of with an image of former President Donald Trump as a few hundred people attend a second amendment rally at Riverfront Park on Saturday May 1, 2021 in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)(Paula Bronstein) Donald Trump in full control of GOP Michael Wood shot at the king and missed. Make no mistake about it, Donald Trump is king of the Republican Party, including in Texas. Wood, a Marine veteran and businessman, campaigned to replace Ron Wright in North Texas’ Congressional District 6 as the anti-Trump candidate. He didn’t back away from it. At times facing groans and jeers, Wood told voters that the Republican Party needed to move away from Trump. ....