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Democratic U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee defeated U.S. Rep. Al Green to represent a newly drawn congressional district that encompasses both of their current Houston-area districts, effectively ending the tenure of one of the state’s longest-serving congressmen and a veteran Democrat in Washington. Green, who has represented the 9th Congressional District …

Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority and delivering a forceful rebuke to President Donald Trump from a district long dominated by Democrats. Menefee, the Harris County attorney, defeated Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member, in a …