Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024

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.

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A Democratic candidate won a special election for the Texas state senate by a double-digit margin, taking control from Republicans for the first time in decades in a result the losing candidate on Sunday called "a wake-up call" for the midterm elections.

After nearly a year without a representative, voters in Houston’s 18th Congressional district will vote in a runoff between two young Democrats, Christian Menefee, the former county attorney, and Aman...

The Associated Press projected that Menefee beat Amanda Edwards, an attorney and former member of the Houston City council, after a protracted process to fill the central Houston seat after Turner's d...