"Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that Donald Trump won by 17 points when he clinched a second presidency in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district. With almost all votes counted, Rehmet had a comfortable lead of more than 14 percentage points."
"The seat was open because the four-term Republican incumbent, Kelly Hancock, resigned to take a statewide office. Hancock easily won election each time he ran for the office, and Republicans have held the seat for decades. The district is redder than its home, Tarrant county. Trump won the county by five points in the 2024 presidential election. But Democrat Joe Biden carried it by about 1,800 votes out of more than 834,000 cast in 2020."
Taylor Rehmet, a labor union leader, veteran and machinist, won a Texas state senate special election, flipping a reliably Republican Fort Worth-area district by more than 14 points. Rehmet defeated Republican conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss for the seat vacated by four-term Republican Kelly Hancock. The district previously trended Republican, with Trump winning it by 17 points when he clinched a second presidency in 2024, though Tarrant County was more competitive. Rehmet received backing from national groups including the DNC and VoteVets, which spent $500,000, and campaigned on lowering costs, supporting public education and protecting jobs.
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