Democrats were giddy Sunday after flipping a special election in Texas blue, but CNN’s data guru Harry Enten found doom for their future electoral fortunes in population trends.
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Taylor Rehmet, a first-time candidate and local union leader, won a shock upset victory Saturday in a special election for a Texas state senate seat against Leigh Wambsganss, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. It’s a deep-red district — Trump carried it by more than 17 points in the 2024 election — but Rehmet sailed to a double-digit win (57 percent to 43 percent).
Enten popped in to Sunday’s episode of CNN Newsroom to chat with anchor Jessica Dean about what the numbers looked like as we head towards the November midterms and beyond.
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