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Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP (apnews.com)
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The way they didn’t expect voters to behave is by actually going out and voting for democrats

America is not an easy country to actually destroy at a legal level and institute true fascism

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

is by actually going out and voting for democrats

Yup. They miscalculated big-time, assuming they had a mandate for this when, in reality, people just hated that Democrats didn't do anything to address affordability.