Democrat Flips Texas Senate Seat Long Held By Republicans In Special Election

Democratic Texas Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Leigh Wambsganss in a Saturday special election, flipping a seat that President Donald Trump carried by double digits in three consecutive presidential contests, according to projections from multiple outlets. The Associated Press reported that Rehmet won 57.2% of the vote to Wambsganss’s 42.8%, with 95% of […]

Morning Brief: A Texas Surprise, An Olympic Debate & Epstein’s Inbox

Voters delivered another surprise in Texas, the Olympics set off an unexpected cultural debate, and newly released Epstein records are reopening uncomfortable questions about power and access. A Blue Upset in Deep-Red Texas Democrats scored another unlikely victory over the weekend, this time in a Texas State Senate district that Donald Trump carried by double […]