Menefee, Green Head to Runoff in Texas Democratic Primary

Neither candidate won enough votes in the Houston-area district to claim the Democratic Party’s nomination outright.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) (L) swears in Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) (R) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Democratic Party Reps. Christian Menefee and Al Green of Texas will advance to a May 26 runoff election after neither candidate secured enough votes to win the party’s nomination outright in the March 3 primary for the state’s redrawn 18th Congressional District.

With all 254 counties reporting and 92 percent of polling locations tallied, unofficial results from the Texas Secretary of State showed Menefee leading with 43,597 votes, or about 46 percent. Green trailed closely with 41,822 votes, or about 44 percent. Amanda Edwards, a former Houston city council member, received 7,320 votes, about 8 percent, and Gretchen Brown collected 1,936 votes, about 2 percent. The race total stood at 94,675 votes.