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Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/d ... =url-share

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 4:14 pm Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/d ... =url-share

That district includes heavily Latino sections of Fort Worth, imagine that played a significant part, and there is a "Soy SD9 little license plate behind him in the NYT photo

I'm also reading that the winner will never do any work because Texas legislature is not meeting this year.