US EditionDemocrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Taylor Rehmet won with 57% of the vote despite being outspent nearly 7 to 1, signaling strong Democratic organizing and Republican vote-splitting in the 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...
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