Overview
- Menefee was sworn in Monday after defeating Amanda Edwards in Saturday’s special-election runoff to fill the Houston-based seat.
- Final results show Menefee won 68% to 31%, with just 23,652 ballots cast by 423,945 registered voters, reflecting participation under 6%.
- Precinct returns indicate Menefee carried more than 90% of roughly 200 precincts, while Edwards won 14.
- With Menefee seated, the House now stands at 218–214 with three vacancies, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson able to lose only one Republican on party-line votes.
- The March Democratic primary will run on newly drawn lines that place Rep. Al Green in the district; Green has filed and received an endorsement from Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, and Menefee and Edwards are also running.