Democrat Taylor Rehmet is the victor in a special election for the Texas state Senate, flipping a reliably Republican district President Trump won by 17 points in 2024. texastribune.org/2026/01/30/te…
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.Alejandro Serrano (The Texas Tribune)
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in reply to Steve Herman • • •A 31 POINT SWING!!!
"With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss, who vastly outspent Rehmet as Republicans including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick mounted a furious funding push in a bid to tilt the election in their favor in the final days."
So, the Democrat wins by 14 points in a district Trump won by 17 points...
THATS A 31 POINT SWING FOLKS
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Cruiser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽
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in reply to Cruiser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 • • •Good points. Can not begin to understand these people.
Timothy
in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •@mastodonmigration @cruiser might want to consider whether a sizable portion of this result as a lot to do with local (education-related) politics
Which doesn’t make the result less impressive (Rehmet really was massively outspent!) but probably doesn’t have the national implications that some want to attribute to it