Voters in Texas’ 18th District have elected Democrat Christian Menefee to fill a seat that’s been vacant for nearly a year, following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner.
His victory Saturday in the solid-blue Houston-area district will further cut into Republicans’ slim majority in the House, at least temporarily.
Menefee, the former Harris County attorney, was leading former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards 67 percent to 33 percent in the all-Democratic special election runoff when The Associated Press called the race around 10 p.m. Central time. He will serve the rest of Turner’s term, which expires next January.
