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Rep. Christian Menefee bested Rep. Al Green successful Tuesday's Democratic superior runoff successful Texas' recently drawn 18th Congressional District, CBS News projects.
The incumbent Democrats had parts of their Houston-area districts merged arsenic a effect of past year's gerrymandering. At the petition of President Trump, the state's Republican-controlled Legislature redrew legislature districts to make 5 further seats favorable to Republicans, and the Supreme Court allowed the authorities to determination guardant with the caller map.
Green, who has represented the 9th Congressional District since 2005, decided to tally successful the 18th District aft the caller legislature representation moved the 9th District's boundaries to marque it much Republican leaning.
The 18th District has remained reliably bluish aft redistricting, making it each but definite that Menefee wins the wide predetermination successful November.
Menefee's stint successful Congress has been short. He was sworn successful arsenic a House subordinate successful February, replacing Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died successful March of past year, conscionable weeks into his archetypal term. Turner had succeeded Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died successful July 2024 portion successful office.
With the back-to-back deaths of the district's representative, who were some successful their 70s, property loomed ample implicit the race, particularly arsenic younger Democrats propulsion for a caller procreation of candidates. Green is 78, portion Menefee is 38.
In the March primary, Menefee led with 46% of the ballot compared with Green's 44%. But neither secured much than 50% of the ballot to debar a runoff.
Green has been known arsenic a Trump antagonist, introducing articles of impeachment against the president successful his archetypal and 2nd term. The House voted past twelvemonth to censure him for disrupting President Trump's code to a associated league of Congress.
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