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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff

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Al Green is escorted from the chamber at Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in March last year. Photograph: Win Mcnamee/EPA

Christian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman, Al Green, on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering.

Last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. Donald Trump had urged the state’s lawmakers to safeguard the party’s congressional majority.

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