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Good morning, everyone! The relentless Texas heat has finally slackened with the onset of fall. While I was…
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick passes over North Texas state Rep. Taylor Rehmet in committee assignments
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced new assignments to standing and interim committees Monday ahead of the 2027 legislative…
Dan Patrick names TX Senate committee picks, sans Taylor Rehmet
A Fort Worth Democrat who received national attention for flipping a historically red seat didn’t get a committee…
Taylor Rehmet sworn in as north Tarrant County’s first Democratic senator in decades
Taylor Rehmet was sworn in Feb. 19 as Texas’ newest state senator, becoming the first Democrat to represent…
Does a shocking election result in Texas mean anything in Florida politics?
In the suburbs of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 31, a Democratic candidate named Taylor Rehmet won a…
Taylor Rehmet Wins Texas State Senate Seat in Trump District
Conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss spent the last five years building a reputation as a force to be reckoned…
Is the Tide Turning in Texas?
What in the world is happening in Texas? For years, the consistent narrative has been that the state…
What’s next for Texas GOP after ‘shockwaves’ of Democratic flip
In the days since Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a state Senate seat in historically red Tarrant County, Texas…
A Democrat just flipped a very Republican state Senate seat in Texas. Does that mean a ‘blue wave’ is coming in the 2026 midterms?
It’s not every day that national Democrats and Republicans flip out over the results of a special election…
Does Democratic win spell trouble for Tarrant County’s GOP?
by Cecilia Lenzen and Drew Shaw, Fort Worth Report February 2, 2026 Tarrant County Republicans may have a…
Democrats Take Two Texas Elections
AUSTIN, Tx., February 2, 2026: Two Texas elections on Saturday suggests that Democrats are reaching Texas voters. As…
Who is Taylor Rehmet? The Democrat Who Flipped a Deep-Red Texas Senate Seat Trump Won by 17 Points
5 A political unknown, Democrat Taylor Rehmet, scored a decisive runoff victory Saturday for a Texas state Senate…