Houston's Christian Menefee sworn in to U.S. House, ending a year without representation in Houston's 18th Congressional District.

The former Harris County attorney defeated Amanda Edwards in a special election runoff on Saturday. Menefee's swearing in chips away at Republicans' majority in the U.S. House.

Democrat Christian Menefee, a former Harris County Attorney, won the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending a long vacancy and narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority in the US House.

He just won a special election Saturday night. He was sworn in today. And in two weeks, he'll be campaigning again.

The Houston-centered congressional seat has been vacant for the past 332 days, since the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

Christian Menefee was sworn in to the House of Representatives after winning a special election to fill the vacant Congressional District 18 seat.

Houston's 18th Congressional District now has a voice back in Washington. That's after Christian Menefee officially took the oath after the district went more than 330 days without representation in Congress.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee declared victory in Saturday's special election.

Christian Menefee was elected Saturday to fill the unexpired term of the late Sylvester Turner in Texas' 18th Congressional District.

Christian Menefee wins special election runoff in Texas Congressional District 18, defeating Amanda Edwards with 68% of the vote.

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.