Democrat Taylor Rehmet secured a stunning upset on Saturday for a Texas state Senate seat in a district Republicans typically control.
“Rehmet, a labor union leader and Air Force veteran, defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district,” Fox News reports.
Rehmet pulled off a shocking double-digit victory, defeating Wambsganss 57-43.
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President Trump won the district by 17 points in the 2024 election.
BLUE SHOCK: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips reliably Republican state Senate seat by 14+ points in Fort Worth-area district Trump won by 17 in 2024. https://t.co/dj4Lyv8XUe
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) February 1, 2026
Retired journalist Scott Gordon called the victory a “political earthquake.”
POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE in Tarrant County, Texas, the biggest red county in the country. Democrat
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