It’s only fitting that the last campaign video Congressman Al Green posted to Facebook—far and away the most-used social media platform among senior citizens—featured “Let’s Stay Together,” the greatest hit by the other Al Green, the last of the great soul singers, about a smooth talker imploring his lover to stay by his side, “whether times are good or bad.”
But not even 1970s sensuality was enough to keep about 69 percent of voters in Texas’ newly drawn 18th Congressional District from choosing 38-year-old Christian Menefee, Green’s junior by some 40 years.
