Voters in Texas' 18th District have had little break in a series of elections as the result of the Republican-controlled state Legislature's redrawing of congressional districts last year.

Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans' already-slim majority.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is blaming his party’s loss in Saturday’s special election for a Texas state Senate seat on a winter storm in the Lone Star State. Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet handily defeated his Republican opponent,

Texas needs to adapt to how water is supplied, used, and valued. In addition to developing new sources (greywater recycling, rainwater capture, desalination) and using it more efficiently (fixing municipal water lines before they leak), we’ll also need to question ‘norms’ like plush lawns and supplying thirsty data centers.

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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election, flipping a district that Trump had won by 17 percentage points in 2024.