Clarice Tinsley

As you point out, Democrats picked up a stunning victory in a special election runoff for a Texas Senate seat.

Taylor Ramette flipped the solidly red Senate District 9, which represents Fort Worth and surrounding suburbs, defeating Republican...

Lee Wamsgans by 14 points.

President Trump won this district by 17 points back in 2024.

This is in part of Tarrant County, where no Democrat has won a state Senate seat since 1978.

When asked yesterday about the race last night, President Trump claimed he didn't know anything about it.

But as you can see here, he had posted in support of Wongskan three separate times on social media in the two days leading up to the Saturday election.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wrote on social media that special elections are quirky and not necessarily projectable.

But he acknowledged that a swing of this magnitude is not something that can be dismissed.

And the Wall Street Journal editorial board

is writing about this in a piece entitled Texas Election Jolt to the GOP.

And it reads in part, quote, How does a Republican lose by 14 points in a safe, conservative Texas state Senate seat that President Trump carried by 17 points in 2024?

Answer.

when there's a voter backlash against the Trump administration, notably its mass deportation debacles.

State politics is often national these days, and the 31-point vote swing in a little more than 14 months can only be explained as part of a rising tide of opposition to Mr. Trump's first year and a sour public mood.

Immigration enforcement that turns ugly in the streets is turning off the swing voters.

Who will determine who wins the race for Congress this year?