"Look, I've always said that special elections are special, so I texted a bunch of Texas folks elected officials, etc. and said, okay, tell me how much I should be concerned about this. To a T, to a T, very one of them said, this is a problem. One person's direct quote was, this is 8.5 on the Richter scale. This is a big deal."
"And, you know, for those people who go, Oh, you're being a baby again, and you don't-, go read General Mike Flynn. You think he's a wuss? Go read his tweets. He's sounding the alarm, right? This is-, if you look at what happened in terms of the turnout, this is a problem. Two hundred and twenty-four [thousand] people voted for the Republican in 2022. Fifty thousand voted this time."
"Yes, special elections are special. I'm the king of that phrase, but the bottom line is if you're not a little concerned, or a lot concerned that Tarrant County just flipped 17 points, you have a problem. Again, I am well aware. I spent a lot of time-, There was a messy Republican primary, this guy on the Dems' side sailed through, they went after each other, there was a lot of bitterness after the primary."
Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss 57%-43% in Texas State Senate District 9, a roughly 14-point margin. The district swung approximately 31 points Democratic compared with 2024, when Donald Trump outpaced Kamala Harris there by about 17 points. Turnout fell sharply from roughly 224,000 Republican votes in 2022 to about 50,000 in the special election. Tarrant County flipped 17 points Democratic. A contentious Republican primary and intra-party bitterness preceded the special election. Observers characterize the result as a significant warning sign for Republicans and note difficulties in mobilizing prior vote totals.
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