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Special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ron Wright remains highly competitive in final hours, as Donald Trump looms large

Nearly two-dozen candidates are vying to fill the late congressman's seat, and the former president is backing Wright's widow, Susan Wright.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2, 2021.

Republicans

Trump’s endorsement

Democrats

An anti-Trump Republican

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