Christian Menefee sworn in to U.S. House
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The two candidates are competing to fill Houston’s long-vacant congressional seat.
Houston's Christian Menefee sworn in to U.S. House, ending a year without representation in Houston's 18th Congressional District.
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Sylvester Turner's seat has new representation, former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee declared victory in Saturday's special election.
Former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has won a special runoff election for a vacant, deep-blue House seat in Texas, NBC News projects, besting former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwa
The Houston-centered congressional seat has been vacant for the past 332 days, since the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.
Amanda Edwards and Christian Menefee, the two Democratic candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, debated Thursday at the Hilton University of Houston.
The challenge for Christian Menefee will be balancing the immediate demands of governing with the realities of a campaign for CD-18 that never stopped.