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This combination of file images shows Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025, left, and Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, in Houston on Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen/Ashley Landis, File)

Rep. Al Green defeated by freshman Rep. Christian Menefee in a generational primary runoff contest

Rep. Christian Menefee has defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a generational Democratic primary runoff for a newly created congressional district following Republican redistricting.

Texas Congressional Candidate Christian Menefee speaks to supporters during his watch party at The Post Houston on Election Day, in Houston, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/ Karen Warren)

3 elections in 4 months and new US House map lead to confusion and voter fatigue in Texas district

Texas Congressional Candidate Christian Menefee speaks to supporters during his watch party at The Post Houston on Election Day, in Houston, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/ Karen Warren)

Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP’s slim majority

A Texas flag is on display outside the office of the state's 18th Congressional District, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, file)

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Piles of trash fill the ditch across a construction site in the Trinity Gardens neighborhood in northwest Houston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi )

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3 elections in 4 months and a new US House map create confusion, voter fatigue in Texas district

Voters in Texas’ 18th District have had little break in a series of elections as the result of the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature’s redrawing of the state’s congressional district’s last year. (AP Video: Lekan Oyekanmi)

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Democratic 18th Congressional District candidate Christian Menefee, right, hugs an attendee during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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From left, Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

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A Texas flag is on display outside the office of the state's 18th Congressional District, which has a seat that became vacant March 5, 2025, following the death of Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, in Washington, Sept. 2, 2025. The (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas on Election Day

Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks during a rally to protest against redistricting hearings at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats slam rush to redraw US House maps at first hearing in Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump’s urging, but there’s a risk

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with reporters after President Donald Trump spoke at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks at Capitol in Washington, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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People pay their respects as the remains of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas lie in state at Houston City Hall on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

The late US Rep. Sylvester Turner is honored by mourners as he lies in state

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a news conference about voting rights Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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FILE - Union Pacific's Englewood rail yard is seen, Aug. 12, 2022, in Houston. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, Houston officials approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near the rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Creosote, which has been associated with an increased risk of contracting cancer, was used for more than 80 years at the site until the 1980s. City officials say the contamination has reached the groundwater in the neighborhoods. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

Phillip Picone, left, and Shere Dore fist bump after Picone is found not guilty, Friday, July 28, 2023, for breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, concluding the first trial to be held after dozens of tickets were issued against volunteers for the group Food Not Bombs. (R.A. Schuetz/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty

A prop skeleton dressed iin a "Creosote Killed Me" T-shirt sits in the middle of the seating during a community meeting put on by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, held at the Deluxe Theater Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Houston. Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

Connecticut head coach Dan Hurley celebrates with the trophy after their win against San Diego State in the men's national championship college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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John Beezley, of Bonham, carts out several cases of water after learning that a boil water notice was issued for the entire city of Houston on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at Walmart on S. Post Oak Road in Houston. Beezley just arrived in town with his wife, who is undergoing treatment starting tomorrow at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where they are staying in a camping trailer. They turned on the television after settling in and saw that a boil water notice had been issued. Beezley decided to go out immediately fearing that by tomorrow people would be buying up all of the available water. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston lifts boil-water order affecting more than 2 million

Houston Astros players celebrate during a victory parade for the World Series baseball champions Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Fans celebrate Houston Astros’ World Series win with parade

FILE - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a news conference Nov, 6, 2021, in Houston. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner revealed Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 that he underwent surgery and six weeks of radiation therapy during the summer for bone cancer in his jaw during the summer. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Houston mayor discloses that he had cancer surgery, therapy

FILE - Takeoff, of Migos, arrives at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 10, 2019. A representative confirms that rapper Takeoff is dead after a shooting outside of a Houston bowling alley early Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset. He was 28. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a news conference about voting rights Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Houston. The National Nonpartisan Conversation on Voting Rights is holding meetings and seminars in Houston Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bipartisan mayors voice criticism of new voting restrictions

FILE - Two people who knew an unidentified victim of a fatal incident at the Houston Astroworld concert embrace at a memorial on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. A new task force will look into how to improve the safety at large Houston-area events in the hopes of avoiding another tragedy like last year's deadly Astroworld music festival, officials said Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

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Two people who knew an unidentified victim of a fatal incident at the Houston Astroworld concert embrace at a memorial on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Aspiring border agent, dancer, engineer among concert dead

Houston-Officers Shot Police investigate a shooting Timber Ridge Apartments on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 in Houston. Authorities say a Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man who the officers were attempting to arrest. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Natalie Harrell holds her sleeping daughter, Natasha Tripeaux while sitting in a recliner at a Gallery Furniture store after the owner opened his business as a shelter for those without power at homes Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

‘A complete bungle': Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold

Natalie Harrell holds her sleeping daughter, Natasha Tripeaux while sitting in a recliner at a Gallery Furniture store after the owner opened his business as a shelter for those without power at homes Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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