Around 51% of the turnout was Republican, while some 35% was Democrat. Yet Senator-Elect Taylor Rehmet won state Senate District 9 with 57% of the vote. That’s math that doesn’t math. And ever since that shock victory in Tarrant County, everyone has tried to find meaning in the numbers. In this episode of Y’all-itics, a leading GOP data guru and pollster who runs one of the largest political consulting firms in Texas explains why the GOP lost this race not because of low turnout but because they lost independents and even some Republicans. And Senator-Elect Rehmet tells you how he went from the shop floor to the Senate floor.


GUESTS
Ross Hunt, Hunt Research
State Senator-Elect Taylor Rehmet, D-District 9

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