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Texas special election: Polls close in 23-candidates race for House seat
Yahoo news ^ | 5/1/2021 | Allan Smith

Posted on 05/01/2021 6:00:16 PM PDT by T Ruth

Polls have closed in the 23-person North Texas race to replace U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican who died earlier this year after contracting Covid-19.

The race to represent Texas' 6th Congressional district, the first hotly-contested special election of President Joe Biden's term, is a jungle primary featuring 11 Republicans, including Wright's widow, 10 Democrats and two others.

If no candidate clears 50 percent of the vote, the race will head to a runoff featuring the top two. Polls closed at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: congress; election; northtexas; texas
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To: Fido969

“Anti Trumper GOP Michael Wood is pulling about 3% of the votes.”
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Yes, he’s an Adam Kinzinger mini-me (and endorsed by Kinsinger). He’s going nowhere but may serve to pull enough votes from Jana Sanchez (the leading DemocRAT in the race) so that the top two vote getters will be Republicans and the ones advancing to the runoff. Thank you, Kinzinger, you major league dumbass.

But only 71% of the vote is in so it’s still too early to call.


21 posted on 05/01/2021 7:08:52 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Jane Long; fieldmarshaldj

Club for Growth spent $160,000 on a television ad and mail campaign opposing Ellzey’s campaign. The ad focused on a $250 donation Ellzey received from Bill Kristol.[18]

Ballotpedia


22 posted on 05/01/2021 7:09:50 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ) )
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To: House Atreides

Most of Tarrant County’s vote is in.

Henry Olsen has already called a R vs R general.


23 posted on 05/01/2021 7:10:15 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: House Atreides

Sanchez is down to 1 cent on Predicit.


24 posted on 05/01/2021 7:10:57 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Persevero
 
 
There are people out here at Ft. Hood I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. Mainly officers,the enlisted not so bad. Ponder the sort consequences that can lead to.
 
 

25 posted on 05/01/2021 7:11:04 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: gleeaikin; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; LS; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; ...

I don’t know how much is in but the Widow is first, her main foe, State Rep. Jake Ellzey who is apparently a RINO, is in 2nd, with a rat close behind him.


26 posted on 05/01/2021 7:11:38 PM PDT by Impy ("Burn them all!!" - King Aerys II Targaryen, I share the sentiment )
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To: T Ruth

23?


27 posted on 05/01/2021 7:11:54 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will ever be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: T Ruth
Most recent results reported (77% of precincts): Susan Wright gop 7,110 15.7%

The numbers I saw showed her with 9466 votes (17.2%) with only 74% of the vote in. Rankings the same as yours for the top 4, but Ellsey at 15.2, Sanchez at 13.8, and Harrison at 11.9

28 posted on 05/01/2021 7:12:43 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: T Ruth

“... jungle primary...”

Sounds racis’....


29 posted on 05/01/2021 7:19:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: PAR35

Yes,those are the counts with 85% in.


30 posted on 05/01/2021 7:19:55 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

Looks like the Dem is pulling ahead of Ellzy
99% in
House 6 Special

S. Wright
17.8%
11,781
J. Sanchez
14%
9,306

99% in


31 posted on 05/01/2021 7:25:25 PM PDT by JayGalt (Nation under Assault )
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To: JayGalt

“Looks like the Dem is pulling ahead of Ellzy…”
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That’s actually better. Now that the RINO hope (Ellzey) is out, the National Republicans will have to support Wright, the Trump endorsed candidate.


32 posted on 05/01/2021 7:30:07 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: JayGalt

Your numbers are WAY off. Don’t use the NYslimes.

https://decisiondeskhq.com/tx06-special-election-results/

Ellis is all in. Tarrant is almost all in. Navarro has nothing in. Navarro alone will make this an R v R.


33 posted on 05/01/2021 7:32:39 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: JayGalt

Candidate. Votes Pct.

Susan Wright gop 13,020 18.4%

Jake Ellzey. gop 10,083 14.2%

Jana Lynne Sanchez dem 9,627 13.6%

Brian Harrison gop 7,874 11.1%

Shawn Lassiter dem. 6,385 9%

96.7% of precincts reporting (260/269)


34 posted on 05/01/2021 7:33:05 PM PDT by JayGalt (Nation under Assault )
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To: All

Tarrant is all in now.

It’s over.

R vs R general.


35 posted on 05/01/2021 7:33:40 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: TexasGurl24

Yes. The NBC results were supposed to be 99% but the raw vote numbers were thousands less than Politico.
Looking better now.


36 posted on 05/01/2021 7:34:25 PM PDT by JayGalt (Nation under Assault )
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https://susanwrightforcongress.com/#meetSusan


37 posted on 05/01/2021 7:35:21 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ) )
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To: All

GOP combined vote 61-39. This was a Trump +6 in November.


38 posted on 05/01/2021 7:35:21 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: House Atreides

I agree avoiding the RINO would have been a sure thing but NBC was an inaccurate reporter of results. It will be R vs R.


39 posted on 05/01/2021 7:37:53 PM PDT by JayGalt (Nation under Assault )
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To: JayGalt

“Looking better now.”
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Except I was hoping Ellzey wouldn’t make the runoff. Best I can tell, he’s clearly a RINO favorite.


40 posted on 05/01/2021 7:38:40 PM PDT by House Atreides
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