As Menefee Joins the House, Johnson’s Margin Shrinks

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 …

As Menefee joins the House, Johnson’s margin shrinks

After Monday’s swearing-in, the House has a new Democratic member: Rep. Christian Menefee of Texas.

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

Menefee Secures Historic Texas Congressional Victory

(AURN News) — Democrats scored a major victory in Texas after Christian Menefee won the runoff in the special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District. The historic seat was once held by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and most recently by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner. Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, the youngest and first African American to hold the post, is running for Texas’ 18th Congressional District — a seat once r…