US EditionDemocrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Taylor Rehmet won with 57% of the vote, flipping a district Trump carried by 17 points, aided by strong national support and campaign themes on jobs and education.
- On February 1, Democrat Taylor Rehmet won the Texas Senate District 9 special election in Fort Worth, with the AP projecting her at 57.2% to 42.8% with 95% of votes counted.
- Kelly Hancock's resignation prompted the special election, and Rehmet led the November election with 48%, forcing a runoff after Republican vote-splitting.
- VoteVets, a progressive national veterans PAC, spent roughly $500,000 to support Rehmet, while Wambsganss reported $736,000 in expenditures, and Gov. Dan Patrick's PAC contributed $300,000.
- Rehmet will serve roughly 11 months remaining and must win November to keep the seat; he will face Leigh Wambsganss again in a November rematch.
- The win adds to Democrats' recent special-election overperformance as party leaders say it signals momentum heading into November midterm elections and may boost attention and spending on rematches this year.
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Neither Trump's support, nor Republicans' million dollar investments managed to stop backing veteran and union leader Taylor Rehmet
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas state Senate race in a district that then-former President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024, flipping a longtime Republican seat in a low-turnout special election that both parties say carries lessons for the fall. The win came on the same night that Democrat Christian Menefee prevailed in a special election for a Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing the GOP’s already slim majority in Congress’s lower cham…
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