2026 Midterm Elections

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rodoheel said:
Won't she get to appoint her own successor as long as she wins the governor's race? Her term isn't up until 2030.
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That Midwestern “Blue Wall” is increasingly becoming a MAGA wall favoring the GOP.

I’m hopeful that we win PA, WI, MI, MN, and NH in 2026.

Bear in mind that I said “hopeful.”
 
This is not a mid-term election and it is a state Senate race but Trump thought it important enough to endorse his candidate.

It will be interesting to see how a conservative suburb in Fort Worth, TX votes tomorrow.

www.rawstory.com

Trump gives last-minute nod in race that has GOP 'concerned': 'Nail-biter for Republicans'

President Donald Trump tossed an endorsement to a Republican state senate candidate ahead of a special election seen as a bellwether for the midterm elections.The president backed GOP candidate Leigh Wambsganss in the Saturday special election runoff in the once reliably conservative suburbs of...
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This is a safe D seat but Texas delayed replacing Sylvester Turner as long as they could after he died in March of last year. So the seat has been held vacant.
 
Some local context:


Democrat’s surprise win in MAGA stronghold: What it means for Texas Democrats

Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rehmet probably won’t ever cast a vote in Austin. The Senate doesn’t meet again until Jan. 12, 2027, after Rehmet and Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss have a more intense November rematch, this time with a U.S. Senate race and Gov. Greg Abbott bringing in GOP votes and money. (The R candidate outspent the D candidate in this election)

They shocked the entire national Republican Party and forced state Republicans to rally feverishly in the final days — with pleas by President Donald Trump and odious video host Steve Bannon — over a Texas Senate district where Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Mind you, this is in a part of Tarrant County where no Democrat has won a state Senate seat since 1978.

Wambsganss, a faith-and-values religious activist, has her own problems that continue to make her a risky Republican nominee. She has a showcase profile, but also a history of dividing Republican voters and picking unnecessary intraparty fights. A different Republican, Fort Worth pastor and state Rep. Nate Schatzline, originally announced he would run for the seat. When he was pushed aside — supposedly by Senate kingmaker Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — the party traded a candidate with unified Republican support in north Fort Worth for a candidate who had already alienated north Fort Worth voters.
 
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BillOfRights said:
Some local context:


Democrat’s surprise win in MAGA stronghold: What it means for Texas Democrats

Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rehmet probably won’t ever cast a vote in Austin. The Senate doesn’t meet again until Jan. 12, 2027, after Rehmet and Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss have a more intense November rematch, this time with a U.S. Senate race and Gov. Greg Abbott bringing in GOP votes and money. (The R candidate outspent the D candidate in this election)

They shocked the entire national Republican Party and forced state Republicans to rally feverishly in the final days — with pleas by President Donald Trump and odious video host Steve Bannon — over a Texas Senate district where Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Mind you, this is in a part of Tarrant County where no Democrat has won a state Senate seat since 1978.

Wambsganss, a faith-and-values religious activist, has her own problems that continue to make her a risky Republican nominee. She has a showcase profile, but also a history of dividing Republican voters and picking unnecessary intraparty fights. A different Republican, Fort Worth pastor and state Rep. Nate Schatzline, originally announced he would run for the seat. When he was pushed aside — supposedly by Senate kingmaker Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — the party traded a candidate with unified Republican support in north Fort Worth for a candidate who had already alienated north Fort Worth voters.
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SOunds like the win is an inconsequential aberration due to a bad GOP candidate, and that a unifying white male will restore the status quo.
 
I wouldn't be surprised to find that gop voters stayed home or actually voting for the Democrat to once and for all get rid of a party trouble maker in a race that literally has no consequences to them besides two days of pr coverage.
 
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