Democrat Taylor Rehmet speaks with supporters at his election watch party on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Rehmet was leading Republican Leigh Wambsganns in the runoff for Senate District 9.

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.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election, flipping a district that Trump had won by 17 percentage points in 2024.

Follow along for live updates in the runoff election between Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss.

Democrats launch "The Bench," a new political group backing rising star candidates to remake the party and win back majorities in midterm elections.

Since the 1970s, the Democratic Party has realigned—a shift that might have cost Kamala Harris the White House.

DIAG, which describes itself as a collection of current and former Democrats who oppose the party’s stance on transgender-related medical policies, is casting the fight as a First Amendment brawl. The group lays out its legal claims and request for emergency relief in a verified complaint filed Tuesday in federal court, available through FIRE.

House Democratic candidate Jami Floyd told Newsweek her party has to move past only offering an anti-Trump platform.