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.
Reading that menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner — hard to argue with the logic there.
The fact that 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 really puts things into perspective.
The detail about menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner is something people should sit with.
Basically 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. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Christian Menefee has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
On one hand 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. But at the same time last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor.
What stands out is 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. That is the part worth paying attention to.
When you look at menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner, the implications are hard to ignore.
On one hand last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. But at the same time 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 bigger issue here is 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. That changes the calculation.
Reading that last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor — hard to argue with the logic there.
What stands out is last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Considering 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, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner. Meanwhile 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.
In other words last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. Curious to see how this develops.