Texas election poses test of Trump's power over GOP
A special House election in Texas on Saturday is shaping up to be the first major test of former President Trump's sway among Republicans as the GOP fights to keep a seat in a rapidly diversifying suburban district.
Trump has thrown his weight behind Susan Wright, a conservative activist who is running in a crowded field in Texas's 6th Congressional District to replace her husband, the late Rep. Ron Wright (R), who died in February after contracting the coronavirus.
Susan Wright is running against 22 Republicans and Democrats in a district that has been in GOP hands since 1983 but that has become increasingly competitive in recent years. Trump won the suburban district, which includes some of the Dallas suburbs and the city of Arlington, by 12 points in 2016, only to see his margin of victory drop to 3 points in 2020.
"Because it is so fresh, he is so recently out of office, yeah, it could tell us how deep really the Trump enthusiasm goes," said veteran Texas GOP strategist Corbin Casteel.
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Has the Texas GOP developed a taste for Trump tuckus.?
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