Republican state Rep. Jake Ellzey defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate Tuesday evening in the special election runoff race for Texas’s Sixth Congressional District.
Failed special election Democrat candidate Jana Lynne Sanchez has sounded the alarm that 2022 “could be a major setback” for Democrats if they lose their slim majority in the House of Representatives.
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.
Texas Republican Susan Wright, who is running for Congress to fill her late husband Rep. Ron Wright’s vacant seat, notified local and federal law enforcement Friday about an anonymous robocall circulating that falsely accuses Wright of killing her husband.
Former President Donald Trump formally endorsed Susan Wright, who is running in a special election on May 1 in Texas to reclaim her late husband’s seat, describing her as a supporter of American First policies.
Republican Dan Rodimer promised to “Make America Texas Again” in Congress in a video first obtained by Breitbart News.
Pierson’s first hint that she would run came in an interview with Washington political editor for Breitbart News, Matt Boyle, on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday.
