Democrat Wins Texas Special Election, Eroding GOP’s Slim House Majority Republicans’ thin majority in the US House grew slimmer still on Saturday, as a special election in Texas has filled a long-vacant seat with a Democrat who’s vowed to “tear ICE up from the roots.” Progressive leftist Christian Menefee will represent Texas’s 18th Congressional District, after beating fellow Democrat Amanda Edwards in a runoff election for a seat that’s been vacant since Democrat Sylvester Turner died last March. The development comes as new polls show Democrats with a national edge heading into November’s midterms. While the black-and-Latino-dominated Houston-area district was… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
