Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House GOP’s already fragile majority to further shrink after Democrats’ ballot box victory Key takeaways Powered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Democrat Christian Menefee wins special congressional election in Texas, shrinking House Republicans' majority by one seat. Menefee's victory fills seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, giving Democrats a stronger presence in the House. Three other special congressional elections are scheduled this year in New Jersey, Georgia, and California, potentially impacting the balance of power in the House. See more Democrat Christian Menefee, a former attorney for Houston’s Harris County, has won a special congressional election in a left-leaning district in Texas, which has been vacant for nearly a year. The Associated Press reports that Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, a fellow Democrat, in Saturday’s runoff election to fill the seat left vacant w
