At an election night event at the Texas Motorplex Ellzey told around 100 supporters he was honored to have been elected, and he credited his win to his campaign's "positive outlook 鈥� a Reagan-Republican outlook for the future of our country."
Ellzey, a state legislator from Waxahachie, has around 53% of votes tallied, a lead he maintained from the time early voting returns were released.
He was not the favorite in the race since competitor Susan Wright had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz. Susan Wright is longtime Republican activist and the widow of Ron Wright.
District 6 candidate Jake Ellzey just arrived at his party. 鈥淟ooking good so far,鈥� he said smiling to supporters. 鈦︹仼
— BILL ZEEBLE (@bzeeble)
Ellzey was known as a political foe of Ron Wright. Ellzey's supporters included U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, former Gov. Rick Perry and Joe Barton, the political veteran who gave up the 6th Congressional District seat three years ago after a sexting scandal.
Wright told supporters she was conceding just before 9:30 p.m., saying she'd called Jake Ellzey to congratulate him.
鈥淭he most important thing we can do is pull together and take care of what business needs to be taken care of,鈥� she said to those gathered at an Arlington hotel.
She got emotional thanking her staff and her family.
鈥淚 appreciate everything you did. Please, please please don鈥檛 stop your engagement," Wright said. "Keep doing what you鈥檙e doing.鈥�
Their was a bit of controversy in the race around anti-Ellzey ads sponsored by .
Joe Barton, who held the 6th District seat for 17 terms, criticized Susan Wright , saying she should have disavowed the ads.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the biggest disappointment in this race to me, that Susan has allowed that and the Club for Growth to do what they鈥檝e done,鈥� Barton said.
In her interview with 四虎影院, Wright underscored that her campaign was not responsible for the ads.
鈥淎nything I have to say has 鈥楶aid for by Susan Wright for Congress.鈥� I didn't do these,鈥� Wright said. 鈥淚f you don't like it, they should talk to the organizations that do it.鈥�
The includes a chunk of southeast Tarrant County and stretches down through Ellis and Navarro counties.
It was unusual to have two Republicans in the final pairing for a Congressional seat. That's because this is a special election, and more than 20 candidates from both parties competed in the May 1 preliminary round. No one got close to half the vote, which triggered a runoff between the top two.
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