Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s upset win of a Republican-held state Senate seat in ruby-red Texas is stoking GOP fears that Republicans could lose a chamber of Congress in November without President Donald Trump on the ballot.
Rehmet won the open Texas Senate District 9 seat, which covers the Fort Worth area, by 14 percentage points, more than a year after Trump won the district by 17 points in 2024 — a 31-point swing.
Trump refused to take responsibility for the loss, telling reporters on Sunday that “I’m not involved in that. That’s a local Texas race” despite previously urging Texans to vote for a “phenomenal Candidate” Leigh Wambsganss.
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“I didn’t hear about it,” he also said. “You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things
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