Houston-area Democrat wins Texas special election, shrinking GOP House majority

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Democrat Christian Menefee defeated fellow Democrat Amanda Edwards in a Texas special congressional election to fill the seat left by Sylvester Turner, keeping the district Democratic but reducing the Republicans’ already slim House majority by one seat.
- House GOP's already fragile majority to further shrink after Democrats' ballot box victory Fox News
- Democrat Christian Menefee will win special US House runoff in Texas, CNN projects, shrinking GOP majority even further CNN
- Mike Johnson's majority to erode as Democrat Menefee wins Texas special election Axios
- Houston Democrat wins former Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat ahead of contested primary Politico
- Live Results: Texas Congressional and State Senate Special Election Runoffs 270toWin.com
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