US EditionAs Menefee Joins the House, Johnson’s Margin Shrinks
Christian Menefee won with 68% of the vote to fill the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s Houston seat, reducing the House Republican majority to 218-214, officials said.
- On Saturday, Christian Menefee won the TX-18 runoff, defeating Amanda Edwards and will serve the remainder of late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s term through next January.
- After Rep. Sylvester Turner died in March 2025, Residents of TX-18 were left without representation for nearly a year and 334 days while Gov. Greg Abbott delayed the special election.
- Christian Menefee, the former Harris County district attorney, advanced from a 16-candidate November field and won the runoff by 68 percent to 32 percent over Amanda Edwards.
- With Menefee sworn in Monday night, the House Republican majority now stands at 218-214, meaning House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose only one Republican on party-line votes.
- Three vacancies remain, and the earliest they can be filled is after the March 10 Georgia special election, while Menefee faces Edwards again next month in a primary.
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Christian Menefee Wins Special Election To Complete The 18th Congressional Seat
Houston’s 18th Congressional District has a new representative heading to Washington, D.C. On Saturday, Christian Menefee won the special election for the 18th Congressional seat, a diverse area that includes Downtown, the Third Ward, and parts of northern Houston. This election was necessary after the seat’s long-time holder, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, retired late last year. When a representative’s term ends unexpectedly, a special …
House GOP margin narrows as Christian Menefee is sworn in
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) was sworn in Monday to represent the voters of Texas’s 18th Congressional District, bringing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) already razor-thin margin even narrower. Menefee won a runoff against Amanda Edwards on Saturday to succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner for the Houston-based seat. Turner died in March 2025, and the seat has been Vacant for nearly a year. “After 334 days of having no voice in Congress, TX-18 …
Menefee wins 18th Congressional District special election runoff
While Taylor Rehmet’s victory over MAGA Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the Texas Senate District 9 special election over the weekend is getting national attention for a Democrat flipping a deep red seat, down in Houston former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has won a special election there to server out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s term in Congress. But thanks to Texas’ mid-decade gerrymandered redistricting ord…
Mike Johnson's majority to erode as Democrat Menefee wins Texas election
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