Why Texas' Crenshaw became the first member of Congress to lose in 2026

The vast majority of members of Congress will learn in November whether they've been re-elected, but some won't have to wait quite that long. The Texas Tribune reported:

State Rep. Steve Toth beat incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw for the Republican nomination in Texas' 2nd Congressional District, coming one step closer to representing the Houston-area seat.

Toth opened a wide lead in the Republican primary on Tuesday as results came in and declared victory hours before The Associated Press called the race in his favor.

When Crenshaw arrived on Capitol Hill seven years ago, countless reports included the words "rising star" in the same sentence as his name. The New York Times described the young Texas Republican as "a charismatic, Harvard-educated retired Navy SEAL who wore a distinctive eye patch after losing his right eye during a deployment."