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   From: j_d@invalid.org   
      
   U.S. Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee are headed for a Democratic   
   primary runoff in May, setting up a fourth election in about seven   
   months for voters in Houston’s 18th Congressional District.   
      
   U.S. House District 18   
   Democrat   
   ?The Associated Press has projected a runoff.   
   An estimated 95.82% of votes have been counted, according to the   
   Associated Press.   
      
   Candidates	Votes	Pct.   
   ?Christian D. Menefee	43,597	46.0%   
   ?Al Green	41,822	44.2   
   Amanda Edwards*	7,320	7.7   
   Gretchen Brown	1,936	2.0   
   * Edwards has suspended her campaign.   
      
   Source: Associated Press   
   LAST UPDATED 8:59 p.m.   
      
   The primary was a rare incumbent-on-incumbent clash forced by   
   legislative Republicans who redrew the Texas congressional map last   
   summer to create five new seats that are more favorable to Republicans.   
   Green was drawn out of his district, the 9th Congressional District, and   
   into the new 18th District.   
      
   Menefee noted his first-place finish but acknowledged Wednesday morning   
   that neither candidate crossed the threshold for an outright win,   
   blaming Republican “gerrymandered” maps for sowing confusion among   
   voters.   
      
   https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/04/texas-christian-menefee-al-green-   
   congress-district-18-democratic-primary/   
      
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