Union leader beats Trump-backed conservative in Texas Senate special election | No ICE. What then? – Pratt on Texas 2/2/2026

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Saturday’s special election in Texas Senate District 9, a heavily Republican district, saw an AFL-CIO trained “union leader” beat Trump, Abbott, and Patrick endorsed Republican activist Leigh Wambsganss. Florida’s Ron DeSantis is right, we cannot just ignore this, the weather effected both sides and Republicans generally vote higher in early voting than Democrats. Dems did organize big, and spend big money, for this special election as a morale booster but the defeat should be taken very seriously.

Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas’ 18th Congressional District runoff against Amanda Edwards. Will face Edwards AND old cane knocker Al Green in the upcoming primary for the same district.

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