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Taylor Rehmet flips Trump-held Senate seat in Texas

9/9/2026

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  • Taylor Rehmet won the Senate seat, flipping a district President Donald Trump carried with a 17-point margin in 2024.
  • In 1883 Texas cowboys struck for wages and won their demands, per the U.S. commissioner of labor.
  • The 1884 Texas legislature declared fence-cutting a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
  • Rep. James Talarico (D-Texas) says billionaires wage “class warfare,” a claim Griscom attacked after his Cuban partnership.