Texas special election marks 1st competitive contest of Biden era

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Nearly two dozen candidates will face off Saturday in the race to succeed the late Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who died in February after suffering from COVID-19 and complications from cancer.

The contest presents the first competitive election of the Biden political era, but the stakes of the race remain vastly different for candidates across party lines.

For Democrats, the race for the state's 6th Congressional District, which includes diversifying portions of the Dallas-Forth Worth suburbs, will test just how tossup-friendly the Republican-leaning area has become since Biden’s win in November and since the subsequent fallout over the Capitol Hill riot in January.

In November, Trump won the district by just 3 percentage points after winning by 12 points in 2016. Jana Lynne Sanchez, the leading Democrat in the race, says the narrowed margin is a promising sign for the shift she's seen across the district.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-special-election-marks-1st-competitive-contest-of-biden-era/ar-BB1geIO3

[ananda]

1. Not in my district...

I got that stupid gerrymandered McCaul.

Oh well.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. I and some friends are rooting for Sanchez to make it into the run off

Sanchez has the best chance of making the run off

[Cha]

4. KR Gracias!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Arggh

Two repugs in runoff

Link to tweet

[abqtommy]

3. We got a letter from our County Clerk here in New Mexico last week. It regards the

Special Election For Congressional District 1 and gives the schedule for walk-in and early voting that ll runs from May and into June. You can be sure that we'll be voting to make
sure the right people on the left get elected!