{"id":104740,"date":"2026-05-27T00:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/christian-menefee-defeats-longtime-houston-rep-al-green-in-texas-new-18th-congressional-district-the-texas-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:37:20","slug":"christian-menefee-defeats-longtime-houston-rep-al-green-in-texas-new-18th-congressional-district-the-texas-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/christian-menefee-defeats-longtime-houston-rep-al-green-in-texas-new-18th-congressional-district-the-texas-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Menefee defeats longtime Houston Rep. Al Green in Texas\u2019 new 18th Congressional District &#8211; The Texas Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxNYkZfR1ozdkxKZ3ZPWTNtTm54OUxQY0YwclUwcV9fdkJSSDRwWVV2T3gxZkNLV3IwaEVZbzlyMGgtTkdwaWlZcnhTWjlsckpNM1o3STZ3QTZITVQ5WDVCUnk2ZUlTc0kxOG51NHlSTWxvcjhza01lbGZxZ3JDOU1KWGpKR2o4RlZMRWFYajgySUxzTGZldGNBeXF2cTdMQTd1QlhheUZRWWRqMEJ3WFF4Z2QwamNxZHNMeExr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Menefee defeats longtime Houston Rep. Al Green in Texas\u2019 new 18th Congressional District<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Texas Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Menefee beats Al Green in Democratic primary runoff in new TX-18, according to AP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Houston Public Media<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOUF9uQWRUdnhjdjkycV9EcEF1YTFmbzFkUnhIVGFIdWJjWE5VOFdYbDZQU3ZEYTdWc0hDN3YyYUJXNkdXM3JRQzFkdXJXbUJER2VoRkZmckoyUFVKS3g2N084UnVQdHl5bEY1R0tGQzNKd0RSQUVGd0NGcW1HVGU5RGR2SVRybFFiMFBYWXYydDg5UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQY0JTU0xIYzJldThqc2hMbnZ1V0dZS05Lam1sRG95ZTZTdGwwLTd2aWIyaHZ3SjhUMDdDM0lORWFfZC02Uk9mVDBpMzlHNElTamdUWnBKT3V0TUkyUk1tdU9xSkdxNjZzeFAyamVYRTZaMGxCR2NQSlhoS3RaLUh6MEZjMlJsdjNBLUtoVUtSdFdDMGVZZHJNb2wwQTh4NFdKWGg0cXdpQjZaMW9fZUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Multiple key races called for primary election runoffs, AP projects<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC13 Houston<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxOT2drZzBzOFlFbVU5anljbjVpdVpIUnMxbjRwYWpMVERxZWJqMHhmaWJMQVFMUG1VWm5JMVFiUktMdHgzdG9VclBaSEpGaGoxaDdmQzFVZDF2RGVhcURObzhmWXhCNlhPbUhRYUREYkh4bVpTVXlhWGhrX1o3eGNWNXgwTW1ZT243a1AwMkIwRi1nVUpfdGFQWFBGY253TzFiaHJ1VGVTSHRDMFFsQkZGZWtWbXk5dXduel9fVFhfX3l4Rm1aSHY5YVlibGlOa0R5UGpFZVB1WnFVZlJZaG1ERzBR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">In Democratic runoff, Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee clash over influence of big money in politics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Texas Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Menefee defeats longtime Houston Rep. Al Green in Texas\u2019 new 18th Congressional District&nbsp;&nbsp;The Texas Tribune Christian Menefee beats Al Green in Democratic primary runoff&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/27\/christian-menefee-defeats-longtime-houston-rep-al-green-in-texas-new-18th-congressional-district-the-texas-tribune\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}