On January 31, 2026, Texas State Senator-elect Taylor Lehmet (D), who won a special election, speaks in Fort Worth. KXAS screenshot over AP
In 2024, Democrat Taylor Lehmet won the Texas Senate race in a district that then-President Donald Trump led by 17 points, flipping a long-held Republican seat in a low-turnout special election that both parties say provides lessons for the fall.
The victory came on the same night that Democrat Christian Menefe won a special election for a Texas House seat, narrowing the already slim Republican majority in the chamber.
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