Deep-red Texas flip sparks alarm as data points to looming GOP midterm trouble

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Republicans to take notice after Democrats stunned the GOP by flipping a deep-red Texas state Senate seat, and CNN data analyst Harry Enten said the numbers back up that concern. Union leader Taylor Rehment defeated Trump-endorsed conservative Leigh Wambsganns in a district Trump carried by 17 points in 2024 — only for the Democrat to win it by 14, marking a jaw-dropping 30-plus-point swing. While some Republicans blamed the loss on bad weather, Enten dismissed that excuse...