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 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 ®, intervened in the race in an effort to boost Wambsganss.
Imagine that. People will vote when they have someone worth voting for.
Progressives have been trying to tell centrists this for decades.
No, no everyone else needs to fall in line behind them. It must never be the other way around.
Wonder where all the “progressives can’t win in red states” jerks who just don’t want progressives to be allowed to run anywhere under any circumstances ever went to.
That’s a great question but now is not the time to think about anything. Just do as I say and when my plan blows up in our faces, I’ll blame you for it.