BREAKING: Texas Democrat Al Green Loses Primary Runoff – Gets Booted From His Seat After More Than Two Decades in Congress

Democrat Rep. Al Green lost the Texas House District 18 primary runoff on Tuesday evening to 37-year-old Christian Menefee.

The 78-year-old Democrat was booted from his seat after more than two decades in Congress.

The Hill reported:

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat in January, is almost certain to win the general election this fall in a district that Cook Political Report rates as solidly Democratic.

Neither Menefee nor Green, the 78-year-old who’s served in the House for over two decades, pushed past the 50 percent support needed in the March 3 primary to avoid a runoff.

The two lawmakers were pitted against each other after Texas Republicans advanced a GOP-friendly map that created multiple new pickup opportunities for the party ahead of the midterms. The controversial plan kicked off a national back-and-forth over mid-decade redistricting, including a Democrat-friendly plan to effectively counter the Texas changes in California.

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