In a highly watched race for Texas Senate District 9, which Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped in a January special election, Leigh Wambsganss is down but by a tinier margin than other Republicans in the early returns from Tarrant County. The district is partially in the county. President Trump won SD-9 two years ago by 17.4 points. Wambsganss has vastly outspent Rehmet.

Alejandro Serrano writes about Texas politics and government, with a focus on immigration and education issues. Since joining the Tribune, he has helped investigate the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, lived...