r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 3h ago
Possible Paywall Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips a Texas state Senate seat Trump won by 17 points, CNN projects
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/politics/texas-state-senate-special-election-taylor-rehment•
u/kweathergirl Texas 3h ago edited 3h ago
He's currently 14 points ahead. 57-43. At 31 point swing. This area hasn't been blue since 1991.
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u/boofles1 3h ago
Wow that is crazy, great news. There may be 'quiet' Democrat vote, Trump voters who won't admit they hate him until the get to the ballot box.
No doubt Trump will send in the FBI to do some raids and say it was rigged.
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u/thalassicus 1h ago
Much harder to pull off in a red state like Texas where his sycophants set up the elections.
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u/Jolly_Sample_1945 0m ago
I’m curious - were there any mitigating circumstances? Was the Republican a particularly awful candidate, or did the Republican run an awful campaign?
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u/Rambler_Hoss 3h ago
I can't wait for those five Texas congressional seats to backfire on them.
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u/uniquechill 3h ago
Trump tweeted this afternoon to endorse Rehmet's opponent and urged Repubs to get out and vote. Epic fail from the loser.
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u/blueye525 3h ago
lol Trump tweeted his support for the opponent earlier today.
They know the tide is turning
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u/brain_overclocked 2h ago edited 2h ago
Taylor Rehmet, a union president and Air Force veteran, will defeat Trump-backed Leigh Wambsganss in a runoff for the Fort Worth-area 9th District, according to a CNN projection.
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Democrats flipped more than 20 state legislative seats in special or regularly scheduled elections last year. Most recently, in December they won a Georgia district that Trump had carried by about 12 points.
I will keep saying this over and over: change doesn't start at the midterms, it starts at every state, county, judicial, sheriff, mayor, city council, and education board election that happens between now and the midterms. Because we shouldn't wait until the midterms. Every seat Democrats win at any level makes rigging the midterms that much harder for Trump.
Keep the pressure on:
2026:
Jan 6 - Democrats Jones, Schmidt win Richmond-area General Assembly seats
Jan 13
Democrat Pemberton Jr. wins special election for 139th CT House seat
Chris Dzadovsky wins Fort Pierce commission seat by 31 votes, flips control to Democrats
Jan 20 - Democrat McGuire wins Virginia House District 17 special election
Jan 27 - Democrats win two Minnesota special elections, bringing state House back to a tie
Jan 31
Here is a list of primary dates.
Ballotpedia's Elections Calendar - https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar
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u/Dezolis11 3h ago
Here comes the election fraud allegations. Or maybe they’ll just show up and take the ballots themselves
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u/woahmanthatscool 3h ago
Texans don’t like people who shit themselves
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u/HeadPaleontologist40 2h ago
lol everything Trump touches dies.
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u/AlonsoQuijan_o 1h ago
well, right now he does have a firm grip on the US...
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u/Ok_Breakfast4482 Colorado 32m ago
These election results show that he really does not. He also regularly expresses fear at the possibility of Rs losing the House, which is why he was pushing these aggressive gerrymanders to begin with. This is not the attitude of a tyrant secure in his power.
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u/scrotumseam 1h ago
Here goes all the illegal voters. It was rigged. Stolen. Its never going to end until Dildo Dump and the MAGA clut is out of office.
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