Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic seat
Christian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman Al Green on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering.
Last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP’s favor. Donald Trump had urged the state’s lawmakers to safeguard the party’s congressional majority.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Uwa Ede-Osifo.
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