Nonilex

#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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Feb 1 at 5:04amWeb
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#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

Show threadAccordionBruceFeb 1
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If she’d stuck it out with today’s Epstein announcements Marjorie Taylor Greene could’ve crossed the aisle and caused further chaos