When Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-endorsed Leigh Wambsganss, he won an area in North Texas that President Donald Trump had just carried by 17 percentage points in 2024.

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Democrats score stunning upset in deep red Texas district Trump won by 17 points, delivering a major "wake-up call" to Republicans ahead of midterms.

Kelly Hancock is a very specific kind of Texas Republican. He’d fit in at any moment in the past 50 years of state GOP politics: A businessman with a penchant for small-government, low-regulation conservatism and hair like a richer version of Rick Perry.

Republicans are stepping up their warnings about the midterms after a stunning Democratic upset in Texas over the weekend. The Republican Party was already grappling with growing backlash to a pair of immigration-related shootings in Minneapolis before Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s shock win in a state Senate race in the Lone Star State on Saturday.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped Texas state Senate District 9, which President Trump carried by 17 points in November 2024.

Republicans are grappling with a stunning Democratic upset: a swing of 30+ points away from the G.O.P. in a deeply conservative part of the state. While the race was local, political operatives are already gaming out the impact on the midterms,

Sid Miller and Nate Sheets are vying for the Republican nomination to lead the Texas Department of Agriculture. The winning Republican candidate will face uncontested Democratic candidate Clayton Tucker in the November election.