Texas runoff tightens squeeze on GOP House majority

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff to fill Texas’ 18th Congressional District seat, vacant since March. The Texas race will further shrink Speaker Mike Johnson’s already slim Republican majority in the House; with either winner sworn in, Republicans could lose only one more vote on party-line legislation given the current 218-213 split. The runoff follows a redistricting process that reshaped the district and overlaps with March primaries and an April runoff, plus an April New Jersey special election for Mikie Sherrill’s seat.