Republican Jon Bonck wins the Texas 38th Congressional District GOP runoff, putting him on track to succeed Rep. Wesley Hunt in a safe Houston seat.
Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GOP runoff. Paxton is projected to garner about 64 percent support with over 95 percent of the vote reported early Wednesday, according to Decision Desk HQ The state’s attorney…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the state’s Republican Senate runoff, defeating four-term incumbent John Cornyn and setting the stage for a November showdown with Democrat James Talarico. Paxton clinched the nomination a week after securing an endorsement from President Donald Trump in one of the most expensive primaries in Senate history. Bloomberg's Jon Herskovitz reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Middleton, currently a State Senator, emerged victorious after a contentious fight.
Maureen Galindo lost to Johnny Garcia after accusations of antisemitism roiled the race in recent days.
One of President Donald Trump's biographers shared a sobering prediction about how the second Trump administration will end during a new podcast interview on Tuesday. Michael Wolff, a journalist who has written four books about Trump, discussed Trump's health with Joanna Coles, the Daily Beast's chief content officer, on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," the podcast they co-host. Wolff said Trump's "sense of the dramatic" makes it likely that his presidency will end suddenly and surprisingly, almost certainly in a way that gives Trump the place in history that he seems to crave. "I think that there's a very good chance that it just ends all of a sudden," Wolff said. "No warning, no preparation. He falls."Wolff's comments came at a time when questions swirled about Trump's health following his semi-annual physical at Walter Reed Hospital. Trump declared that he was perfectly healthy after the exam, although some medical experts remained skeptical. Wolff noted that Trump is facing an environmental risk to his health that many presidents face during their second term, one that could exacerbate any issues he already faces. "I think the second term for every president is, to say the least, a downer," Wolff said. "First thing, you have nothing to work toward. You're not running again. You see your end, and that must be frightening. And also, everyone is taking things from you. The loneliness must set in, probably exactly at the point Trump is at now. He's facing the midterms. They're going to be a catastrophe for Trump." Wolff added that if the second Trump administration were to end abruptly, that may be all Trump needs to be remembered by the history books. "I think he has enough of a sense of the dramatic that he knows that he has to go out like this," Wolff said. "This is it. This would give him his place in history."
U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee defeated U.S. Rep. Al Green on Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for Houston's newly redrawn 18th Congressional District.Why it matters: Menefee's victory is set to end Green's two-decade run in Congress.State of play: Menefee received 68.6% (21,678 votes), while Green received 31.4% (9,930 votes) with 61% of votes counted, per the Associated Press. The AP called the election in favor of Menefee about 30 minutes after polls closed Tuesday. The two were the top vote-getters in the March Democratic primary, but neither won enough support to avoid a runoff.Catch up quick: Menefee already won a special election earlier this year to fill the seat left vacant by former Rep. Sylvester Turner's death.Menefee had to run again to keep the seat for the term starting in 2027. Green represented Houston's 9th Congressional District for two decades before running in the 18th after Texas lawmakers redrew his old seat to favor Republicans.Flashback: The race heated up immediately after the March primary. Green said Menefee made a "deal with the devil" for accepting campaign contributions from a crypto super PAC. Menefee said Green's comments were "desperate" and came from someone who's "been in office 20 years and they were down on the first ballot."What they're saying: "Tonight belongs to the people of this district," Menefee said in a statement Tuesday night. "This is your victory, and I will spend every day in Washington making sure it means something.""Republicans have made this hard on purpose," he added. "In November, we have the opportunity to change the leadership of this state, and I am calling on every voter in Texas to seize it."What's next: Menefee will face Republican nominee Ronald Whitfield, a political newcomer, in the November election.
Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic seatChristian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman Al Green on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering.Last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. Donald Trump had urged the state’s lawmakers to safeguard the party’s congressional majority. Continue reading...