Texas Democrat Stuns Republicans With Upset Victory In Deep Red District

Local union leader and first-time Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet stunned the Republican Party by defeating Leigh Wambsganss in State Senate 9th (SD-9), a district that had been Republican for half a century. === Visit the Merch store: http://TheRationalNational.com/merch Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Donate Directly at http://PayPal.me/daviddoel Tip at https://streamlabs.com/therationalnational/tip ‘Join’ on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9oQdIk1MfcnzypG3UnURA/join Follow David Doel at http://twitter.com/DavidDoel Follow The Rational National at http://twitter.com/TRNshow Follow on Twitch at http://twitch.tv/TheRationalNational Follow on Facebook: https://facebook.com/trnshow === Sources: https://tinyurl.com/2z48kjyr (thumbnail image) https://tinyurl.com/2jvzs4h2 (victory video) https://tinyurl.com/3rj85hs8 (Trump endorsement) https://tinyurl.com/y526zt3k (Leigh Wambsganss video) https://tinyurl.com/5fz3pwfm (Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips a Texas state Senate seat Trump won by 17 points, CNN projects) https://tinyurl.com/2389h9yv (State Senate 9th District result, NYT) https://tinyurl.com/4s9ur65j (Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans, NYT) https://tinyurl.com/2f9mc8cs (district swing) https://tinyurl.com/38r6v5mw (the last election) https://tinyurl.com/33wwa6f7 (outspent in the race) https://tinyurl.com/2zv5ezzz (Taylor Rehmet campaign ad) https://tinyurl.com/mr2x6f94 (Taylor Rehmet website)