GOP state Rep. Jake Ellzey won a special election runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas, AP projects, upsetting Trump-endorsed Republican Susan Wright
at the start of his second House term after battling Covid-19 and cancer.
Mr. Ellzey’s victory was seen as a repudiation of the power of Mr. Trump’s endorsement in a runoff race between two GOP candidates. However, political analysts noted that Democrats and Republicans opposed to Mr. Trump were likely at least partially responsible for boosting Mr. Ellzey in reaction to the former president’s backing of Mrs. Wright.
“It’s not the cleanest test of a Trump endorsement in a GOP primary because while both candidates were Republicans, the special election was open” to independents and Democrats,” Jacob Rubashkin, an analyst at the nonpartisan Inside Elections said on Twitter Tuesday night. “But it’s a reminder that Trump’s endorsement isn’t always a ticket to DC.”
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