AUSTIN, Texas – The widow of a Texas congressman who died after contracting COVID-19 carried Donald Trump's endorsement into a special election Saturday, while Democrats and GOP critics of the former president hoped voters would instead send a surprising message to the rest of the U.S.
The race has drawn only modest attention beyond Texas' 6th Congressional District, which includes the booming corridor between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Still, it poses an early test of suburban voters since Trump left office. Trump waited until just days before the election to endorse Susan Wright, a GOP activist and widow of the late Rep.