TX-SD09: Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat [View all]

Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss are headed to a runoff in the special election for the North Texas Senate seat vacated by Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock.

Hancock resigned from the Tarrant County-based district in June to become the interim head of the state’s budget and tax collecting agency.

Rehmet, a union leader, machinist and Air Force veteran, and Wambsganss, a conservative activist, finished with the two highest vote totals in Tuesday’s election, running well ahead of a third candidate, former Republican Southlake Mayor John Huffman. But nobody secured a majority of the votes, meaning that a January runoff will decide who serves out the rest of Hancock’s term through the end of 2026.

The district covers about half of Fort Worth and much of Tarrant County’s northern suburbs, including Keller, North Richland Hills and Southlake.


https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/texas-senate-district-9-special-election-tarrant-county/