MissConstrueFeb 1

Hey y’all, I know, when facing the firehose of kakistocracy, it can be overwhelming, and can feel like we are never moving forward. So some good news!

Deeply, deeply red #Texas, the section of Texas that gave us book bans and trans fear, the beating heart of #Yeehawdist territory; Fort Worth, just lost the House seat to a Dem in a special election.

#Democrat and union leader Taylor #Rehmet won the special election Saturday to represent a solidly red district that Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. He defeated Wambsganss, a gop operative who headed up filling North Texas school boards with candidates who held Christian conservative views. Her success resulted in countrywide book bans, rewriting of curricula and a thinner line separating church and state.

Also, the pedophiles outspent the unionist by more 10 to one and still lost. 800k for the GOP, 70k for the Dem. 🥳🤘🏼💃🏻

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/texas-senate-district-9-runoff-rehmet-wambsganss-special-election/

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset

With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.

The Texas Tribune
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@LifeinCarms Texas put another Dem in the House yesterday too! Christian Menefee won the 18th in a special election. It was a Blue district, so not the shot to the heart that Fort Worth is, but still narrows the majority in the national House by two.

Across the state Democrats have recruited candidates to run in all 150 state House districts, 16 state Senate districts and every other state and federal contest on the ballot, a display of hope that a backlash to Trump’s return to office will be swift and loud even as no Democrat has won a statewide election in Texas since 1994. Gerrymandering is a tough obstacle here.