U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (official portrait) U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, has died. Wright was first elected to Congress in 2018 and had just begun his second term in office.
For years, he had been living with cancer, but maintained a full work schedule in D.C. In January, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas for two weeks before he died.
Wright was 67. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, sent out press release following Wright’s death. “I am greatly saddened to hear of Congressman Wright’s passing,” Allred wrote. “Aly and I are praying for his wife, Susan, their three children, and nine grandchildren.