Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff
Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic seat
Christian 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.
Under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated. He announced a bid for the 18th district in November.
Menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner.
On the campaign trail, Green sought to link Menefee with big-money politics, accusing his challenger of being aligned with “Trump crypto cronies”, Houston Public Media reported.
Green’s protests of the Trump administration have garnered national attention in recent years.
In February, he was ejected from the president’s State of the Union address after holding a sign that read “Black people aren’t apes!” It was a counter to Trump sharing a racist AI-generated video where Barack and Michelle Obama were depicted as the simians.
The fact that menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner really puts things into perspective.
So the bottom line is christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic. Wonder how this will land.
What stands out is christian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman Al Green on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. Meanwhile under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated.
Basically menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner. That changes the calculation.
Basically last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic — hard to argue with the logic there.
What stands out is menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner. That is the part worth paying attention to.
In other words under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated. Curious to see how this develops.
Considering under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
When you look at under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated, the implications are hard to ignore.
Basically under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively eliminated. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words christian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman Al Green on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering. Curious to see how this develops.
The fact that last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor really puts things into perspective.