Taylor Rehmet’s Texas Senate Upset Flips Trump+17 District in Special Election
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a GOP-held Texas state Senate seat in a special election, taking a district that Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. National outlets called the result a major upset and framed it as part of a broader pattern of Democratic overperformance in 2025–26 special contests.
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Taylor Rehmet Wins Texas Special Election, Flipping Deep‑Red Fort Worth–Area Senate Seat Trump Won by 17 Points
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the Feb. 1 special runoff for a Fort Worth–area Texas Senate seat, winning 57% and flipping a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points; the vacancy opened when Republican Kelly Hancock resigned to become acting state comptroller, and Rehmet will serve the remaining 11 months of the term. Trump and other Republicans — including a late funding push from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and a large spending advantage for Wambsganss — backed the GOP candidate (Trump posted endorsements and later said he was "not involved"), and Democrats called the upset a "warning sign" amid broader Democratic overperformance.
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