Jake Starkey
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Democrats Menefee, 37, a former Harris County attorney, and Amanda Edwards, 44, a former Houston city council member, were vying in a runoff to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District, a solidly Democratic area encompassing much of the inner city of Houston and the surrounding region.
The Texas secretary of state did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation of the election results.
DEMOCRAT FLIPS REPUBLICAN SEAT IN TEXAS STATE SENATE
This election does not provide insight into which party might prevail in November's midterm congressional election. In the 2024 presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris won the district over Republican Donald Trump by 69%-29%.
But in a race for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election, flipping a district that Trump had won by 17 percentage points in 2024.
The Texas secretary of state did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation of the election results.
DEMOCRAT FLIPS REPUBLICAN SEAT IN TEXAS STATE SENATE
This election does not provide insight into which party might prevail in November's midterm congressional election. In the 2024 presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris won the district over Republican Donald Trump by 69%-29%.
But in a race for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election, flipping a district that Trump had won by 17 percentage points in 2024.