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Chip Roy defeats Wendy Davis in Texas’s 21st Congressional District

By Carly Ortiz-Lytle
Published November 4, 2020 7:10am ET
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Chip Roy defeats Wendy Davis in Texas’s 21st Congressional District
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 20-19, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Roy, complaining of Washington's free-spending ways has blocked a long-overdue $19 billion disaster aid bill. That extends a battle over hurricane and flood relief. Roy objected to speeding the measure through a nearly-empty chamber on Friday. | (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Freshman Rep. Chip Roy defeated Wendy Davis in Texas’s 21st Congressional District after a widely watched and well-funded race captured national attention.

The Republican won with 52.3% of the vote to Davis’ 45.8%, according to the New York Times, after a hard-fought battle amid the Democratic push to turn Texas blue.

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