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What Texas Democrats’ Shocking Win Means for the GOP in November
On a Sunday in mid-January, Taylor Rehmet darted around north Tarrant County, knocking on doors, stumping at a local union shop, and stopping on the streets to pitch himself to anyone who would listen. It was only a few days until the start of early voting in the special election for state Senate District 9, a ruby-red district that includes conservative Tarrant County suburbs and has not elected a Democrat since 1991. Despite being massively outraised and outspent by his billionaire-funded opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, Rehmet, a 33-year-old union-chapter president and first-time candidate, seemed remarkably confident—certain, even—that he was on the precipice of pulling off what many assumed nearly impossible. Turns out he was right. On Saturday, Rehmet notched one of the biggest upsets of the Trump…The post What Texas Democrats’ Shocking Win Means for the GOP in November appeared first on Texas Monthly.