Eleven-term Veteran Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, will face off again after neither Democrat captured over 50% of the vote on Tuesday evening in their bids to represent Texas’ 18th Congressional District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under Texas law,<\/a> if no candidate has captured a majority of the vote, the race will head to a runoff election. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that Menefee received 46% of votes and Green 44.2%.<\/p>\n Green has served in Congress since 2005, representing the Lone Star State\u2019s 9th Congressional District. This year, because of redistricting changes<\/a> advanced by Republicans, Green announced he would pursue reelection in the state\u2019s 18th Congressional District, putting him on a collision course with Menefee.<\/p>\n Menefee won election to the House of Representatives in a January special election to fill the seat of Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas.<\/a><\/p>\n Turner, 70, died in office last March.<\/p>\n DEM REP COMPARES HIMSELF TO MLK JR, ROSA PARKS AFTER GETTING BOOTED FROM SECOND STRAIGHT TRUMP ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Green has drawn national attention in recent years for pursuing impeachment charges against President Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n Most recently, Green led an impeachment push against Trump in November \u2014 his fifth attempt to bring charges against the president. Green has framed his impeachment efforts<\/a> as a litmus test for his own party, forcing members to vote on their position of whether Trump had committed “high crimes or misdemeanors,” the bar set for removal from office.<\/p>\n “We have to participate. This is a participatory democracy. The impeachment requires the hands and the guidance of all of us,” Green said at the time.<\/p>\n 23 DEMS JOIN HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO KILL PROGRESSIVE’S TRUMP IMPEACHMENT BID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Green also made news in Trump\u2019s last two joint addresses to Congress. After bringing a sign emblazoned with the phrase “black people aren\u2019t apes” to the 2026 State of the Union,<\/a> Green found himself removed from the chamber \u2014 a repeat of similar events in 2025. Then, Green refused to be seated and waved his cane at Trump until security removed him from the room.<\/p>\n Amid redistricting changes that look to eliminate as many as five Democrat-held seats, Green said he would continue to try to represent the area he had served since his arrival to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n “I am not moving,” Green told local reporters in November.<\/a> “So, I announce I will be running for the permanent seat.”\u00a0<\/p>\n HOUSE DEM TO FORCE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT VOTE ON 2 ARTICLES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Menefee announced his own candidacy for the district before Texas had completed its redistricting plans. He framed his campaign as a way to secure Democratic interests.<\/p>\n “A former commercial litigation lawyer from a military family, Mr. Menefee had been mentioned as a potential statewide candidate. His decision to run for Congress instead underscored what many Democrats have acknowledged: that the prospects for breaking the Republican hold on state politics in Texas appeared dim for Democrats in the short term,” Menefee said in a post to his website last March.<\/a><\/p>\n Per state law, Meneffee and Green will now face off on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eleven-term Veteran Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and newly minted Rep. 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