Former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has won a special runoff election for a vacant, deep-blue House seat in Texas, NBC News projects, besting former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwa

Ron DeSantis warned Republicans to take the weekend's huge special election loss in a deep red Texas district as a serious indicator of the "political environment". The post Ron DeSantis Sounds Alarm About GOP’s Election Loss in Trump +17 TX District: A ‘Swing of This Magnitude’ Can’t ‘Be Dismissed’ first appeared on Mediaite.

President Donald Trump on Sunday denied he was involved in a Texas special election for a state Senate seat after reiterating his endorsement of the Republican candidate one day before the race. In two Truth Social posts on Friday,

Democrats are hoping for an upset in a special runoff election for a state Senate seat in Texas on Saturday. Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a local union leader, is facing off against Republican Leigh

The future of the district is also tied to ongoing legal battles over Texas’ congressional maps. Lawmakers passed a new GOP-drawn map last year that was temporarily blocked by a federal court as unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has since allowed the map to be used for the 2026 elections while the case continues.

Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election.