Episode 3910: Union leader beats Trump-backed conservative in Texas Senate special election | No ICE. What then? – Pratt on Texas 2/2/2026

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Saturday’s special election in Texas Senate District 9, a heavily Republican district, saw an AFL-CIO trained “union leader” beat Trump, Abbott, and Patrick endorsed Republican activist Leigh Wambsganss. Florida’s Ron DeSantis is right, we cannot just ignore this, the weather effected both sides and Republicans generally vote higher in early voting than Democrats. Dems did organize big, and spend big money, for this special election as a morale booster but the defeat should be taken very seriously.Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas’ 18th Congressional District runoff against Amanda Edwards. Will face Edwards AND old cane knocker Al Green in the upcoming primary for the same district.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Much on immigration enforcement which includes: Dear ICE Protestors: We Need to Talk – by Jenna McCarthy – she asks the important question others do not. Sex offender paid smugglers $5,000 to bring Honduran girl and her mother across the border Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting from South Texas Judge Orders 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos and His Dad Released From ICE Detention Todd Blanche disputes asylum claim for 5-year-old, dad detained by ICE Hundreds of Protesters, Student Walkouts Occupy Downtown San Antonio to Demand Abolishing ICE Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com