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Rep. Ron Wright of Arlington died Sunday night less than three weeks after contracting COVID-19. He was 67. His family and a spokesperson confirmed Wright’s death due to the coronavirus Monday morning. The Republican congressman, who was reelected in November, also had been battling lung cancer. Wright is the first member of Congress to die of COVID-19. “Congressman Wright will …

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