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'This is how a wave starts': Democrats win another special election [View all]
'This is how a wave starts': Democrats win another special election
Phillip M. Bailey
USA TODAY
Democrats continue to do better than expected in state legislative races that national leaders believe are signs of voter frustration with President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections for Congress.
This time the outcome was in a state House race in Louisiana, where Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated Brad Daigle, a Republican, by 24 percentage points on Feb. 7 in a district the president won by 13 percentage points in 2024.
That swing is similar to what transpired earlier in February after a special election for a state Senate seat in Texas, where the Democratic contender trounced their GOP rival and flipped a seat the party hasn't held since 1978.
Democrats already held the state House seat in Louisiana, but Republicans were hoping to flip it after Gov. Jeff Landry, a Trump ally, appointed the previous incumbent to be a commissioner for the state's Department of Alcohol & Tobacco.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/democrat-blue-wave-louisiana-special-election-trump/88604258007/
Phillip M. Bailey
USA TODAY
Democrats continue to do better than expected in state legislative races that national leaders believe are signs of voter frustration with President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections for Congress.
This time the outcome was in a state House race in Louisiana, where Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated Brad Daigle, a Republican, by 24 percentage points on Feb. 7 in a district the president won by 13 percentage points in 2024.
That swing is similar to what transpired earlier in February after a special election for a state Senate seat in Texas, where the Democratic contender trounced their GOP rival and flipped a seat the party hasn't held since 1978.
Democrats already held the state House seat in Louisiana, but Republicans were hoping to flip it after Gov. Jeff Landry, a Trump ally, appointed the previous incumbent to be a commissioner for the state's Department of Alcohol & Tobacco.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/democrat-blue-wave-louisiana-special-election-trump/88604258007/
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