Mastodawn

#Texas #Republicans were sick & tired of #Democrat #AlGreen ("Black People Aren't Apes") winning his district ELEVEN TIMES, so they #Gerrymandered him into another district.

His Primary opponent is presently edging him out (still too close to call), but if the #GOP thinks his opponent #ChristianMenefee will be less trouble for their Fuhrer, they might be sorry to have replaced Green with a newer/younger model. 😉

der.hans Feb 1

Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas house seat to finally give district representation in DC after 11 month vacancy

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2026/01/31/542159/runoff-election-results-congress-district-18-houston-edwards-menefee/

#goodNews #USpol #TXpol #ChristianMenefee #USelection #UShouse

Houston voters will finally pick the next representative in the 18th Congressional District

Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing in a special election runoff Saturday to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died last March.

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Nonilex Feb 1

#Texas’ 18th Congressional District has been empty since March following fmr Rep Sylvester Turner’s death — & 13 of the last 18 months in total.

The current partisan breakdown in the chamber is 218 #Republicans to 213 #Democrats, following the resignation of Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene & the death of Rep Doug LaMalfa. Johnson will be able to lose only 1 Republican on any party-line vote once Menefee is sworn in.

#USpol #TXpol #ChristianMenefee #US #House

Nonilex Feb 1

#Democrat #ChristianMenefee will win special #US #House runoff in #Texas, shrinking #GOP majority further

Fmr Harris County Attorney Democrat Christian Menefee will win the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District ending a long vacancy & narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority in the US House.

#USpol #TXpol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/politics/texas-18th-special-election-democrats-republicans

Democrat Christian Menefee will win special US House runoff in Texas, CNN projects, shrinking GOP majority even further

Former Harris County Attorney Democrat Christian Menefee will win the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, ending a long vacancy and narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority in the US House.

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Houston Public Media Oct 20

Voters in Texas' 18th Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district in Houston, have expressed confusion about who can vote — after the boundaries were upended by a GOP gerrymander — and what November’s special election is for.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/20/533730/in-special-election-for-houston-congressional-seat-candidates-confront-a-bewildered-electorate/

#Elections #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #18thCongressionalDistrictRace #AmandaEdwards #ChristianMenefee #JolandaJones #SpecialElection #Texas18thCongressionalDistrict

In special election for Houston congressional seat, candidates confront a bewildered electorate

Voters in the heavily Democratic district have expressed confusion about who can vote — after the boundaries were upended by a GOP gerrymander — and what November’s special election is for.

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Houston Public Media Sep 25, 2025

Amidst a partisan redistricting battle in Fort Bend County, the Harris County Attorney denounced what he described as KP George’s attempts to undermine the authority of Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/25/531931/harris-county-attorney-condemns-kp-georges-attempts-to-sideline-fort-bend-county-attorney/

#FortBend #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #BridgetteSmithLawson #ChristianMenefee #FortBendCountyAttorney #HarrisCountyAttorney #KpGeorge #REDISTRICTING

Harris County attorney condemns KP George’s attempts to ‘sideline’ Fort Bend County attorney

Christian Menefee, a Democrat in neighboring Harris County, says the Republican county judge in Fort Bend is trying to undermine the authority of Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson, a Democrat, after attempts by George to hire outside legal counsel for commissioners as they undertake mid-decade redistricting.

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Houston Public Media Sep 15, 2025

Two of the frontrunners in a crowded field for November's 18th Congressional District special election have released contradicting polling data showing each of them as the top candidate.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/15/530882/front-runners-for-18th-congressional-district-special-election-release-conflicting-polling/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #18thCongressionalDistrictRace #ChristianMenefee #JolandaJones #SpecialElection #Texas18thCongressionalDistrict

Frontrunners for 18th Congressional District special election release conflicting polling data

The campaigns for state Rep. Jolanda Jones and Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, both Democrats, released polling data last week that showed each was the top candidate ahead of November's special election to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. In late July, the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs released a poll that showed Menefee and another Democratic candidate, Amanda Edwards, were tied atop the race.

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Houston Public Media Mar 19, 2025

Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards has joined the contest to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner as the representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional District.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/19/516333/amanda-edwards-enters-race-for-texas-18th-congressional-district/

#Elections #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #18thCongressionalDistrictRace #AmandaEdwards #ChristianMenefee #CongressmanSylvesterTurner #GovernorGregAbbott #SpecialElection

Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards enters race for Texas’ 18th Congressional District

Edwards launched her third bid for the seat in less than two years. She previously waged an unsuccessful Democratic primary challenge to the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, then lost a bid to replace Jackson Lee on the ballot in the 2024 general election to the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

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Houston Public Media Jan 30, 2025

Two elected officials from the Houston area have joined the legal challenge against an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, who is attempting to end the longstanding precedent of birthright citizenship in the United States.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/30/512464/houston-officials-trump-end-birthright-citizenship/

#Border #Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #BirthrightCitizenship #ChristianMenefee #FederalCourt #HarrisCountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #HarrisCountyCommissionerAdrianGarcia #TrumpImmigrationPolicy

Harris County elected officials join fight against Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia and Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee joined dozens of local government officials from several different states in signing an amicus brief filed this week in a Massachusetts federal court, arguing that President Donald Trump's executive order violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Houston Public Media Dec 13, 2024

Harris County cannot distribute money under a revamped guaranteed income program while a final appeal is pending, according to a recent order by the Fifteenth Court of Appeals.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/12/13/508772/payments-under-revamped-harris-county-guaranteed-income-program-halted-pending-paxtons-appeal/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #AGKenPaxton #ChristianMenefee #FifteenthCourtOfAppeals #GuaranteedBasicIncomeProgram #IncomeProgram

Payments under revamped Harris County guaranteed income program halted pending Paxton’s appeal

The modified program would provide nearly 2,000 families living below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, who were already selected for the program, with $500 monthly payments through preloaded debit cards. Payments under the revised program were set to start going out in January.

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