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Texas District Heads to Runoff Between 2 Well-Known Local Democrats

House Republicans’ narrow margin of control in the U.S. House will soon get smaller when this Houston-area district’s vacant seat is filled.
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Texas District Heads to Runoff Between 2 Well-Known Local Democrats
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee announced he was leading in the Texas 18th Congressional District race at a watch party held at The Spot Eado lounge in Houston, on Nov. 4, 2025. Darlene McCormick Sanchez /The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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HOUSTON—Two well-known local Democrats will face each other in a runoff election to fill Texas Congressional District 18, which has remained vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) died in office.

The top two vote getters were Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards. With 78 percent of the votes counted, Menefee received 29.4 percent of the total, compared to Edwards’s 25.7 percent.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.