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Saturday is election day in the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington. The polls close at 7 p.m. Central time, and we’ll have live results on this page soon after.
Twenty-three candidates are on the ballot, meaning a runoff is highly likely. As long as no one receives a majority of the vote, the top two candidates will face off in a runoff for the seat.
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Nearly two dozen candidates are vying to fill the late congressman s seat, and former president Donald Trump is backing Wright s widow, Susan Wright.
When the lineup was set March 3 for Saturday’s special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, there was some hope the 23-candidate field would eventually give way to a much more manageable race.
While that has happened to an extent some of the major-party candidates have separated themselves from the pack the race remains highly competitive in its final hours, and two major questions loom that have both Democrats and Republicans on edge.
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When the lineup was set March 3 for Saturday’s special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, there was some hope the 23-candidate field would eventually give way to a much more manageable race.
While that has happened to an extent some of the major-party candidates have separated themselves from the pack the race remains highly competitive in its final hours, and two major questions loom that have both Democrats and Republicans on edge.
Will former President Donald Trump’s late endorsement of Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, be enough to secure her a decisive berth in an anticipated runoff? And will Democrats, who believe they have a shot at flipping the district, be able to get one of their candidates in that overtime round?
Donald Trump makes late push for Susan Wright in special election to fill her late husband s U.S. House seat
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Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his involvement in the final hours of the Saturday special election to fill the seat of the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington.
Trump who endorsed Wright s widow, conservative activist Susan Wright, for the seat on Monday is hosting a tele-town hall for her on Thursday night, The Texas Tribune has learned. The town hall is being put on by the Club for Growth, the national conservative group that endorsed Susan Wright on Wednesday.