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Republicans are clinging to a razor-thin 218-213 House majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the GOP’s margin will shrink even further after a special congressional election this weekend to fill the seat in a Democrat-dominated district which has been vacant for nearly a year.<\/p>\n

That’s because the two candidates in Saturday’s runoff election in Texas’ 18th Congressional District<\/a> are both Democrats.<\/p>\n

Voters in the district, which is anchored by downtown Houston and surrounding areas, head to the polls to choose a successor to fill the seat left vacant when Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died last March.<\/p>\n

Sylvester, a former longtime state lawmaker, served two terms as Houston mayor before winning election to Congress in 2024, succeeding the late longtime Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.<\/p>\n

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Democrats Christian Menefee, a former attorney for Houston’s Harris County<\/a>, and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards are facing off in the special election. They were the top two finishers in a field of 16 candidates that faced off in an initial election in November.<\/p>\n

While Texas has redrawn its congressional maps for the 2026 midterms, as part of the high-stakes redistricting battle between President Donald Trump<\/a> and Republicans versus Democrats, the special election will use the state’s current district lines.<\/p>\n

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The winner of the special election will give the Democrats one additional House member, giving Republican leadership further headaches.<\/p>\n

“They’d better be here,” House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> recently said of his members. “I told everybody, and not in jest, I said, no adventure sports, no risk-taking, take your vitamins. Stay healthy and be here.”<\/p>\n

And House Majority Whip Tom Emmer\u2019s office confirmed it is advising members that “outside of life-and-death circumstances,” they expect Republican lawmakers to be on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Three other special congressional elections are on tap this year.<\/p>\n

Eleven candidates are running in the Feb. 5 Democratic Party primary in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.<\/p>\n

The seat was left vacant after now New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill<\/u><\/a> stepped down after winning November’s gubernatorial election in the Garden State.<\/p>\n

The winner of the Democratic primary will face off with Randolph Mayor Joe Hathaway, the only Republican to file for the special election, which will be held on April 16.<\/p>\n

The suburban district in northern New Jersey leans to the left, with Sherrill winning re-election in 2024 by 15 points, the same margin she carried the district in November’s gubernatorial showdown.<\/p>\n

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But then-Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by just eight points in the 2024 presidential election, giving the GOP some hopes of possibly flipping the seat.<\/p>\n

A whopping 22 candidates, including 17 Republicans, are running in a special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, in the race to succeed former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The MAGA firebrand and one-time top Trump House ally four weeks ago stepped down from Congress a year before her term ended.<\/p>\n

According to Georgia state law, all the candidates will run on the same ballot. If no contender tops 50% of the vote, a runoff election between the top two finishers will take place on April 7.<\/p>\n

The district in northwestern Georgia is solidly Republican, with Greene winning re-election in 2024 by nearly 30 points and Trump carrying the district by 37 points.<\/p>\n

Primary Day in California for the 2026 elections is scheduled for June 2, and this year it will also include a primary for the special election in the state’s 1st Congressional District, in the race to fill a seat left vacant following the recent unexpected death of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa. The general election will be held on Aug. 4.<\/p>\n

The district, in northeastern California, is solidly Republican.<\/p>\n

Similar to Texas, California is also altering its congressional maps as part of the redistricting wars, but the special election will be held under the current district lines.<\/p>\n

The White House and congressional Republicans criticized the decision by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to not hold a special election to fill LaMalfa’s seat until August, six months after the late congressman’s death.<\/p>\n

But Democrats similarly complained about Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas not scheduling the special election to fill Turner’s seat until eight months after the late lawmaker died.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-majority-brink-all-democrat-texas-special-congressional-election-underway <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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