TX State SenateDistrict 9

Leigh Wambsganss

Republican

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Before politics, she spent years as a TV news anchor and reporter, then ran a real estate firm before becoming a top executive at a Christian cellphone company.

Wambsganss is chief communications officer of Patriot Mobile and executive director of its political action committee, Patriot Mobile Action, which has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into conservative Tarrant County school board and legislative races. A longtime Tarrant County GOP activist and Southlake resident, she lost the January 2026 special-election runoff for this seat to Taylor Rehmet and is running again for the full term in November.

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Corruption & Democracy

Leigh Wambsganss

She has promoted voter-fraud conspiracy theories, including a Facebook post claiming dead people were being impersonated to vote, indicating she believes fraud is a real and serious problem rather than 'almost non-existent.' [Wikipedia/Grabien]

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