US EditionHouse GOP majority on the brink as all-Democrat Texas special congressional election underway
Christian Menefee won with 68% of the vote in a runoff to complete the late Rep. Sylvester Turner's term, filling a seat vacant for nearly a year.
- Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing in a runoff election for a vacant U.S. House seat from Houston, which will narrow the GOP's slim House majority.
- The late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's seat will be filled for the remainder of his term until January 2027, after which the winner must compete again.
- Both Menefee and Edwards are on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 3 for the newly drawn 18th congressional district's full term starting in 2027.
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Liberty Hill IndependentTwo Democrats win runoff elections in races with extremely low voter turnout
(The Center Square) – Two Democrats won their special election runoffs on Satur, one upsetting a slipping Republican stronghold in Tarrant County, the other securing a Democratic stronghold in Houston. The north Texas seat is for the state senate, the…
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Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP’s slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority…
Vote count continues in special Texas election to fill vacant congressional seat
Vote count continues in special Texas election to fill vacant congressional seat Votes were still being counted late on Saturday in a Texas special election to fill a vacant U.S. House of Representatives seat. Democrats Christian Menefee, 37, a former Harris County attorney, and Amanda Edwards, 44, a former Houston city council member, are vying to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District, a solidly Democratic area encompassing much of the…
Live results: Democrats vie for Sylvester Turner’s House seat in Texas
Two Democrats are vying to fill the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee (D) and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards (D) are running in the special election runoff in the 18th Congressional District after neither secured a majority in November to win outright.…
District 18 voters head to the polls in pivotal runoff election after winter storm poll closures
Saturday is the last day for District18 voters to cast their ballot and decide between Former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards and former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee.
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