AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas’ special congressional runoff
January 30, 2026
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. Also Saturday, voters in the Fort Worth area will elect a new state senator. In the congressional race, Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards were the top vote-getters in the Nov. 4 special election to replace Sylvester Turner, the Democratic congressional who died in March 2025. With only two Democrats on the ballot, the party is guaranteed to at least temporarily narrow Republicans’ slim majority in the closely divided House.