Texas Union Win: Taylor Rehmet Headed to Runoff in SD 9 Special Election

FORT WORTH, Texas – Today, the Texas AFL-CIO releases the following statement on union leader Taylor Rehmet heading to the runoff election for Senate District 9. With all precincts reporting, Rehmet earned 47.56% of the vote — and a real chance of winning the seat. 

“Taylor embodies what it means to be a union leader — working together to address the struggles of real, everyday Texans,” said Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy. “While state parties try to reconnect with working people, Taylor has led a campaign by and for Texas workers. He’s ready to take on the billionaires and fraudsters. He’s leading the way for other union members to run for office, and the Texas AFL-CIO will do everything in our power to get him to the Texas Senate.”

Several other Texas union members have announced plans to run for office at both the local and state levels. 

Earlier this year, the Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board, made up of delegates from across the state, reviewed the race and voted to endorse Rehmet through the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE). 

Rehmet, a veteran and the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Texas State Council, was born and raised in Garland, Texas. His passion for fairness and dignity on the job led him to union organizing, where he was elected president of both his local and state chapters of the IAM. He’s committed to taking the fight for working Texans to the State Capitol.

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The Texas AFL-CIO is the state labor federation consisting of more than 250,000 affiliated union members and advocates for working people in Texas. Learn more at texasaflcio.org