Overview
- Menefee defeated Amanda Edwards 68% to 31% to fill the long-vacant Houston seat through January 2027.
- Once sworn in, he will narrow the Republican House majority to 218–214.
- Turnout was under 6%, with 23,652 ballots cast out of 423,945 registered voters.
- Menefee carried more than 90% of the roughly 200 precincts that recorded votes, while Edwards won 14 precincts.
- Voters next decide the Democratic nominee on March 3 under new district lines that draw Al Green into the race in a seat expected to remain safely Democratic.