Dems Win Deep Red Texas State Senate Seat

Sunday, February 01, 2026

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

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Breaking: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset.[image or embed]
" Texas Tribune (@texastribune.org) Feb 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM

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31 point shift.

That's a bit more than Republicans might like to see since they just made a number of districts a little less safe in Texas.

#1 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-01 05:19 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Rehmet had a comfortable lead of more than 14 percentage points.

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This is Texas, folks.

Abbott and Trump will have to steal the midterms. They won't win honestly.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-01 06:04 AM | Reply

riiight,...and in a special house election in Houston dems were celebrating a "resounding" "anti-trump" victory

for democrats in district 18....does that district sound familiar ?....it should.

it's the district of Barbara Jordon / Mickey Leland / SHiela jackson-Lee and Sylvester Turner....

NOT exactly a bastion of MAGA.

#3 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-01 09:43 AM | Reply

bbott and Trump will have to steal the midterms. They won't win honestly.

#2 | Posted by Zed a

the only dishonest charges in Texas elections.......maybe since LBJ bought and paid for his

Senate seat ...has been several hundred ballots.... illegal ballots....for democrats.

--but you keep your little sunday morning fairy tale for the leftist children going

#4 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-01 09:46 AM | Reply

Try to throw the Latinos out, lose the Latino vote. GOP is gonna lose for a generation in Tejas.

#5 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-01 10:03 AM | Reply

NOT exactly a bastion of MAGA

That Trump won by 17 points and hasn't elected a Democrat in 36 years. Not exactly a bastion of the DNC.

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-01 10:05 AM | Reply

Rut Roh Rorge!

Maybe Texas needs to bus some more immigrants to New York to gin up the hate base again?

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-01 10:09 AM | Reply