Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

[Mr. Sparkle]

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Source: The hill

Democrats scored a stunning upset on Saturday in a special election runoff for Texas Senate, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the party a major boost ahead of the November midterms.

Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a machinist and Air Force veteran, defeated Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss to fill the vacant state Senate District 9. The district favored President Trump — who endorsed Wambsganss earlier on Saturday — by 17 points in 2024. The race went to a runoff after none of the candidates were able to clinch a majority in the November election.

Rehmet’s overperformance in the fall stoked concerns for the GOP, and a number of prominent party leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott (R), intervened in the race in an effort to boost Wambsganss. “When a grassroots union organizer like Taylor Rehmet overperforms by almost 20 points and forces a runoff, it couldn’t be any clearer that voters are tired of Republican bullshit,” Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder said in a statement after the November race.

Rehmet’s victory is sure to fuel Democratic optimism heading into the midterms, where the party is hoping to flip the House and potentially even the Senate amid growing anxiety over the economy and anger over Trump’s immigration policies.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/

[Roy Rolling]

1. Trouble to Say the Least

Good trouble.

[Demsrule86]

3. Best kind of trouble!!!

Is he (Trump) dead yet?

[TheRickles]

2. The Dem won by 57.2% to 42.8%. That's a 31% improvement over Trump's showing in 2024. Wow!!!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

4. Yes!!! Yay!!!

[Leghorn21]

5. Now this is the news we want to wake up to!!!

CONGRATS Taylor!

WTG Texas!

[demmiblue]

6. K&R

[twodogsbarking]

7. So when will the FBI steal the ballots?

[callous taoboy]

8. Turn Texas Blue!

That Taylor defeated a MFL dolt is the icing on the cake.

[Akakoji]

9. No amount of money, stolen from the electorate

Will get people to keep playing the sadistic game of lying about everything. The process of a roll of Reynold’s aluminum foil was $17.95 at my local supermarket. At least Republicans get the satisfaction of making old and disabled people work for benefits they probably no longer qualify for. And what normal human being wouldn’t want to be associated with separating kids from their families, destroying small businesses, and killing nurses? Me. And most Texans. Keep making noise. Keep saying NO people! Everywhere

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Are you paying attention, North Carolina?

You should be the next one to start doing this.

Or, is the state still 'under the spell'? (I know my home county is not, at least. It has been blue since I have been alive.)

[FakeNoose]

11. Congratulations Taylor Rehmet and Texas Democrats! This is an awesome achievement!

If there is hope for Texas, then there is hope for ALL OF US!

[Emile]

12. Great news, sorry but locking.

Source is not the AP for an election result.

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