On Saturday, Democrats easily won a special election for a State Senate seat in Texas. Their candidate, union leader Taylor Rehmet, defeated Republican activist  Leigh Wambsganss by a stunning 14 percent margin. This election was particularly alarming for Republicans, since their candidate had been endorsed by President Donald Trump, who won the district in the 2024 election.

Historically, this Tarrant County senate seat, district nine, was a Republican stronghold. However, on Saturday, Democrats won for a variety of reasons, including major spending by special interest groups. The biggest contributor was a veterans political action committee which spent $500,000 on behalf of Taylor Rehmet, an Air Force veteran.  

Despite an enthusiastic endorsement from President Trump, who called Wambsganss “phenomenal” and “an incredible supporter of our Movement to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN (MAGA),” the Republicans lost overwhelmingly.

Along with the spending edge, Democrats had more motivated voters, while the Republican turnout was “unusually low.” Fortunately, Republicans still maintain a comfortable majority in the Texas State Legislature, but the warning signs are unmistakable.

According to Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin, the Texas victory is “not an anomaly, it’s a pattern.” He gloated that Democrats won even though Trump had carried the Texas senate district by 17 points in the last election. Martin boasted that his party will be “building on our historic overperformance, and we’re not slowing down. November is coming, and we’re ready. ALL GAS, NO BRAKES!!”

This win follows a string of election victories for Democrats in recent months. In Virginia, a state that had elected a Republican as Governor and Lieutenant Governor in 2021, voters gave Democrats landslide victories for........

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