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 in 2024.

A state-level Democratic win in a Texas region that voted for President Trump by 17 points threatens to diminish Republicans’ hopes for the midterm elections, in what one Republican dubbed a “wake-up ...

Rehmet, a union leader and Air Force veteran, won 57.2% of the vote compared to Wambsganss’s 42.8%, with 95% of the vote in, according to The Associated Press (AP).