Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday's special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year ...

A state-level Democratic win in a Texas region that voted for President Trump by 17 points threatens to diminish Republicans’ hopes for the midterm elections, in what one Republican dubbed a “wake-up ...

Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district.