Union president Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat, beat Republican Leigh Wambsganss in a state Senate special election in Texas on Saturday. @TexasMonthly takes a look at how significant that might be.
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Union president Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat, beat Republican Leigh Wambsganss in a state Senate special election in Texas on Saturday. @TexasMonthly takes a look at how significant that might be.
#Texas #TarrantCounty #TaylorRehmet #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration
Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. The district was R+17. The people want Democracy not Dictator Donald and crew of creeps.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday with a lead of 14 points
He flipped a seat that voted Republican by 17 points in 2024
"Democratic candidates also have won special elections in Kentucky and Iowa."
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5695678/democrat-taylor-rehmet-wins-texas-state-senate-seat
https://www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundred-mamdanis-bloom/
Taylor Rehmet is not a socialist (or at least, does not call himself one), but he is a trade unionist. And he trounced Leigh Wambsganss, a Trump-endorsed and certified MAGA candidate, in a Texas state senate district in Tarrant county, a traditionally very Republican county. If Rehmet can do it in Tarrant county, then there is *ample* opportunity for fruitful struggle in Texas, even at the state level --- which has traditionally been the gatekeeper blocking and overturning whatever progress gets made locally.
#TarrantCo #DFW #FortWorth #TaylorRehmet #Texas #txpol #TexasObserver @TexasObserver
Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. The district was R+17. The people want Democracy not Dictator Donald and crew of creeps.
