Greg Abbott schedules July special runoff election for Texas' 6th District

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The special runoff election in Texas' 6th Congressional District will take place on July 27, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Wednesday, with early voting starting July 19.

The runoff features two Republican candidates, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey, vying for the seat held by Republican Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting Covid-19. Susan Wright is Ron Wright's widow.

Wright and Ellzey forced the special runoff election earlier this month after beating out a sprawling field of Republicans and Democrats competing for the US House seat.

Wright had received a boost when former President Donald Trump endorsed her over the 10 other Republicans in the race. She has focused much of her campaign on her husband's legacy, but was also quick to promote the President's endorsement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/greg-abbott-schedules-july-special-runoff-election-for-texas-6th-district/ar-BB1gFyPp

[tanyev]

1. Really? We had two runoffs in local elections and that's scheduled for June 5.

I just assumed all the runoffs from the May 1 elections would happen then. I wonder if there are any other races going to runoff in that district.

[LeftInTX]

2. This is weird!!

Here was our special election:
Jan 6th State Rep leaves office to take another position.
Jan 7th: Abbott calls special election
Feb 13rd Special Election
March 14th runoff.

Abbott is delaying this for some reason.....

Abbott rushed ours because there was a Republican in the race and this is a heavily Democratic district.
Our rep was unopposed in 2018.
(The Republican lost..ha ha)