US EditionDemocrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Taylor Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, won by over 14 points in a special election aided by $500,000 in veterans group ad spending, flipping a historically Republican Texas district.
- On Saturday, Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a machinist union leader and Air Force veteran, won the Texas state Senate special election, flipping a district President Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
- The seat was open because Kelly Hancock resigned to take a statewide office, with VoteVets supporting Rehmet by spending $500K, and the DNC backing her too.
- Donor records show that Wambsganss reported $736,000 in expenditures while Rehmet raised $380,626, with Texas Majority PAC contributing $143,383 to Rehmet, according to campaign finance filings.
- The outcome means the Texas Legislature does not reconvene until 2027 and Republicans will retain a comfortable majority despite the loss, while Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin called it a warning sign to Republicans.
- The victory positions Rehmet within Democrats' streak of overperforming in special elections as he serves the roughly 11 months remaining in the unexpired term before facing Wambsganss again in the November general election.
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Texas Democrat Flips Seat Trump Took by 17 Points
Democrat counted another special election victory this cycle after Taylor Rehmet flipped a state Senate seat on Saturday in Texas—a district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area...
Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips red Texas state Senate seat
Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet won the special election for a seat in the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a district reliably held by a Republican for over a decade. Rehmet handily defeated Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Leigh Wambsganss in the special runoff election for Texas State Senate District 9, located in the Fort Worth area. The election results showed Rehmet easily beating his opponent by 14 points. The two vied for t…
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Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican and conservative…
Democrat beats Trump-endorsed candidate in landslide in deep-red state * WorldNetDaily * by Anthony Iafrate, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link Democratic Texas Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Leigh Wambsganss in a Saturday special election for a seat the president won by double digits three times, multiple outlets project. Rehmet, a union leader and Air Force veteran, won 57.2% of the vote compared to Wambsganss’s 42.8%, with 95% of the vote in,
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