( NewsNation) — Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, a fellow Democrat, in a special election Saturday to replace late Texas Congressman ...

Follow live results from the 2026 Texas House Special Election. Get the latest news on the special election results as votes ...

Menefee will serve the remainder of the term won in 2024 by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died almost a year ago.

His candidacy has been a topic of local debate as voters and political activists deal with questions not just of development and governance, but of legal accountability and integrity.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member, are competing in a runoff ...

After nearly a year without a representative, voters in Houston’s 18th Congressional district will vote in a runoff between two young Democrats, Christian Menefee, the former county attorney, and ...

Two Democrats are vying to fill the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) Harris County Attorney ...

Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing the Republican Party's narrow majority.

Every seat matters amid a historically narrow Republican majority in the House of Representatives. That margin, already squeezed by two GOP vacancies, will get even tighter following a January 31 ...

Voters on Saturday will select one of two Democrats in a runoff election to fill a vacant US House seat, further narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s already razor-thin Republican majority.

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing Saturday for a vacant U.S. House seat from Houston, a special ...

With only two Democrats on the ballot, the party is guaranteed to at least temporarily narrow the slim Republican majority in the House.