Posted on 05/03/2021 4:21:32 PM PDT by Conserv
Two Texas Republicans will advance to a congressional runoff race following a crowded special election Saturday that had been House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) one opportunity — out of the six congressional special elections taking place this year — to add a seat to Democrats’ extremely slim House majority.
Susan Wright, widow to the late Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) whose seat the special election was held to fill, received the most votes out of 23 candidates at 19 percent, Decision Desk HQ results showed late Saturday evening.
In the week leading up to the race, Wright received a last-minute endorsement from former President Donald Trump, which may have contributed to her success.
Election analyst Ryan Matsumoto speculated as such based on Wright seeing a noticeable influx of votes on election day whereas runner-up Ellzey saw higher turnout in his early voting numbers than in his election day numbers.
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Wood received about three percent of the vote Saturday.
HILARIOUS!!!!
He is going to get creamed!!
Excellent, now Texas should make sawdust in the Runoff!
The special election in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District on Saturday was seen as the first competitive race since Joe Biden was elected president and a bellwether on how a district that was seen to be purpling reacted to the new administration’s first 100 days.
“If Biden Is So Popular, Why This?” Fund asked, linking to a story with the election result. “Republicans grabbed the two runoff slots in the Texas 6 special election yesterday. Dems were shut out, their candidates won a total 36% in a Dallas area seat that Trump carried by only 3 points last November.”
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