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Arlington's U.S. Rep. Ron Wright Hospitalized

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright,
Marjorie Kamys Cotera
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The Texas Tribune
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, has been undergoing treatment for cancer for more than a year.

The freshman member of Congress has been undergoing treatment for lung cancer since last year.

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, a freshman Republican, has been admitted into a Dallas hospital amid cancer treatment.

His campaign said in a statement that he has been at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas since Sunday "due to complications surrounding his treatment."

"Congressman Wright has been in a tough battle with cancer this year, after overcoming a first bout with the disease in 2018," the news release said.

Wright announced in July 2019 that he had cancer again and was undergoing radiation treatment. He said at the time that he planned to keep a busy schedule and had no plans to slow down. Earlier this month, he was admitted to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, for treatment before returning home to Arlington, his campaign said.

"The Wright family appreciates the prayers and well wishes offered by everyone," his campaign said in the news release.

Wright represents the 6th Congressional District, which includes his Arlington political base and stretches south to rural areas that include Waxahachie and Corsicana. The former tax assessor-collector for Tarrant County, he first took office after the 2018 election, replacing former U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis. He's running for reelection this fall.

Abby Livingston joined the Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington Bureau Chief. Previously, she covered political campaigns, House leadership and Congress for Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Fort Worth and has appeared in an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." Abby pitched and produced political segments for CNN and worked as an editor for The Hotline, National Journal’s campaign tipsheet. Abby began her journalism career as a desk assistant at NBC News in Washington, working her way up to the political unit, where she researched stories for Nightly News, the Today Show and Meet the Press. In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history —Ed.) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.