Puluhan anggota parlemen dari Senat AS dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat telah terjangkit COVID-19 atau terpapar virus mematikan tersebut selama setahun terakhir. Wright adalah satu-satunya anggota Kongres yang meninggal karena penyakit itu. Luke Letlow (41) dari Partai Republik asal Louisiana yang memenangkan pemilihan untuk Kongres pada November, meninggal karena COVID-19 akhir tahun lalu sebelum dia dilantik. “Anggota Kongres Wright akan dikenang sebagai seorang konservatif konstitusional. Dia adalah seorang negarawan, bukan seorang ideolog. Meskipun bertahun-tahun menderita, terkadang melemahkan pengobatan kanker, Ron tidak pernah kehilangan keinginan untuk bangun dan pergi bekerja, untuk memotivasi orang-orang di sekitarnya, atau untuk menawarkan nasihat kebapakan,” kata kantornya dalam sebuah pernyataan.
Ronald Jack Wright (April 8, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician from the state of Texas. A Republican, he was the member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 6th congressional district. The district is anchored in Arlington and southeastern Fort Worth, and also includes a swath of exurban territory to the south. After serving on Arlington's city council and as tax assessor-collector for Tarrant County, Wright was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. He was reelected in 2020. Wright died on February 7, 2021, from COVID-19. Wright had been diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2019.
Wright served on the Arlington City Council from 2000 to 2008 and as mayor pro-tem of Arlington from 2004 to 2008. He then served as district director for Congressman Joe Barton from 2000 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, Wright was Barton's chief of staff. Wright was appointed Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector in 2011, serving until 2018. In 2014, Wright's office added the motto "In God We Trust" to its stationery including on tax assessment envelopes and tax statements. In 2018, Wright's office came under scrutiny by KDFW for mistakenly placing a tax lien and bills on the wrong Tarrant County family. In an interview with KDFW's Steve Noviello, Wright repeatedly made false statements about the case.