The 2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election was held on May 1, 2021. The seat became vacant after incumbent

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Ron Wright died on February 7 of

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. Ron Wright's widow, Susan Wright from Arlington, who was endorsed by former President

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, and

Jake Ellzey John Kevin "Jake" Ellzey Sr. (born January 24, 1970) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a me ...

(who lost the Republican primary for this seat to Ron Wright in 2018) of

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, who served as a member of the

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starting on January 12, advanced to the runoff. Ellzey finished ahead of

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Jana Lynne Sanchez of

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for the second place by just 354 votes. Sanchez conceded defeat to Ellzey the day after the election. The district was a Republican hold due to two Republicans advancing to the runoff. The special election was expected to be competitive, due to the district trending Democratic in recent years and its

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an nature. A

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took place, in which all candidates were listed on the same ballot. Since no candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote, the race proceeded to a runoff between the top two candidates in the first round, resulting in two Republicans advancing to the runoff. The runoff took place on July 27. Ellzey won the runoff election, earning 53.3% to Wright's 46.7%.

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

*Michael Ballantine, business and English lecturer *John Anthony Castro, attorney and candidate for U.S. Senate in

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*Mike Egan, former U.S. Army Special Forces Officer (Green Beret) and businessman *

, state representative (2021) and candidate for in 2018 * Brian Harrison, former chief of staff of

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(2019–2021) *Sery Kim, former SBA official *Travis Rodermund, police officer *

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, former

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professional wrestler and nominee for

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*Jennifer Garcia Sharon, volunteer caregiver and nominee for

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*Michael Wood, major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve * Susan Wright, widow of former U.S. Representative Ron Wright (2019–2021) and a committeewoman for the Texas State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) for District 10.

Filed paperwork

*Monty Markland, writer and producer *Asa Palagi, former candidate for Governor of Washington in 2020

Declined

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, former U.S. Representative for *David Cook, state representative (2021–present) *David Hill, Mayor of

*Cary Moon, Fort Worth city councillor *Andy Nguyen, deputy chief of staff for Rep. Wright *Adrian Mizher, banker ''(running as an Independent)'' *

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, former national spokesperson for

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and senior advisor to

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*Manny Ramirez, President of the

Police Officers Association *

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, state representative (2015–present) *Bill Waybourn,

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sheriff * Jeff Williams, Mayor of Arlington (2015–present) ''(endorsed Susan Wright)''

Democratic Party

Declared

* Lydia Bean, small business owner, former state House candidate *Daryl J. Eddings, business owner *Matthew Hinterlong, developer *Tammy Allison Holloway, attorney *Shawn Lassiter, Leadership ISD Chief of Equity and Inclusion * Patrick Moses, former Assistant Director for Field Operations,

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and Minister *Jana Sanchez, commentator, activist, and nominee for in 2018 *Manuel R. Salazar, realtor *Brian K. Stephenson, systems engineer *Chris Suprun, paramedic and Republican

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in 2016

Declined

*Stephen Daniel, attorney and nominee for in

*Kim Olson, former candidate for in

* Chris Turner, Minority Leader of the

Libertarian Party

Declared

*Phil Gray, property manager

Independent

Declared

*Adrian Mizher, banker

Endorsements

Primary

Polling

Graphical summary

Predictions

Results

Susan Wright came in first in the primary with 15,077 (19.2%) votes to Ellzey's 10,865 (13.8%) and Sanchez's 10,518 (13.4%). On Sunday, May 2, 2021, Sanchez conceded the race to Ellzey. Since no candidate received a majority, the top two candidates, Wright and Ellzey, proceeded to a runoff.

Runoff

A runoff was held on July 27 between Susan Wright and

. In the campaign prior to the runoff, Wright relied heavily on Trump's endorsement in order to further her candidacy, but was considered to have run a poor campaign. The

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spent heavily in the runoff, buying US $1.2 million in advertisements that supported Wright and attacked Ellzey. The heavily negative tone taken by the Club for Growth ads towards Ellzey frustrated many Republican officials, some of whom backed Ellzey in protest. Ellzey's campaign also engaged in strategies that were suspected as being designed to appeal to Democrats, with him declaring himself a "champion of

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" in text messages to Democratic-leaning potential voters, as well as noting that Wright was endorsed by former President

. Defending Main Street, a Super PAC that was supporting Ellzey, targeted Democrats with advertisements, but Ellzey himself denied that he was specifically targeting Democrats, instead claiming that his statements were designed to be bipartisan.

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;Susan Wright vs. Jana Sanchez ;Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Results

By county

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official websites of candidates
Jake Ellzey (R) for Congress

Susan Wright (R) for Congress
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