Democrats’ margin of victory in the Texas special election amounted to a 32-point swing left compared with the 2024 presidential results and a 28-point swing from the 2020 result, according to The Downballot. A midterm swing of even a small fraction of that size would be a massive boon for Democrats, nationally and in Texas, where state Republicans put themselves on the front lines of the GOP drive to keep the House majority in 2026. Laney Hawes, a parent of four in one of those districts and a co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, said many in Tarrant County had come to see Wambsganss as “the villain of public education.” While Hawes said she was energized by the outcome, she warned that the result was being read too broadly outside the region.
Author: Ryan Chandler, Ben Kamisar, Mike Hixenbaugh
Published at: 2026-02-02 22:39:45
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