The race pitted two Democratic incumbents against each other after Republicans redrew the congressional map in their favor.
Freshman Rep. Christian Menefee defeated longtime Rep. Al Green in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, NBC News projects, after a rare incumbent-on-incumbent matchup sparked by Republican-led redistricting efforts.
The 38-year-old Democrat’s victory in the newly drawn Houston-based district is the party’s latest sign of generational change.
The showdown, manufactured by a Republican gerrymander, created one of many generational clashes consuming Democrats this cycle.
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat in January, is almost certain to win…
The congressional career of veteran anti-Trump firebrand Al Green is officially coming to an end. In a dramatic Democrat runoff primary forced by Texas' redistricting maps, 78-year-old Green was knocked out by 38-year-old Representative Christian Menefee. Green's defeat closes the chapter on one of the House's most vocal progressive partisans, who spent…
