US House · TX-18

Federal

Redistricting forced two Democratic incumbents into one seat. Christian Menefee defeated longtime representative Al Green in the May 26 Democratic runoff and faces Republican Ronald Whitfield in November. Safe Democratic in the general.

Incumbent: Al Green(D)

Primary, Mar 3, 2026

Represents central Houston in Congress, redrawn in the 2025 redistricting after Al Green's old TX-9 was eliminated.

Runoff result

US House · TX-18

Primary Runoff

Called

Christian Menefee(i)

69.4%

Early returns

Al Green(i)

30.6%

Early returns

Updated May 27, 10:33 PM CT·TX SOS·Called by Texas Tribune / CNN

March primary result

US House · TX-18

Primary Results

Called

D runoff

R nominee set

Republican Nominee · November

Decided

Ronald Dwayne Whitfield

55.1%

Early returns

Democratic Primary

Christian Menefee(i)

46.0%

43,597 votes

Advancing to runoff

Al Green(i)

44.2%

41,822 votes

Advancing to runoff

Amanda Edwards

7.7%

7,320 votes

Gretchen Brown

2.0%

1,936 votes

Updated Mar 15, 7:02 PM CT·TX SOS

November General Election

Nov 3, 2026

Rated Solid DemocraticCook Political Report and Inside Elections (via Ballotpedia)

Cook Political Report and Inside Elections both rate the race Solid Democratic. The 2025 redistricting consolidated two Democratic Houston bases into TX-18, so the seat was effectively decided in the Democratic runoff Christian Menefee won; he faces Republican Ronald Whitfield in the general.

Cook Political Report and Inside Elections (via Ballotpedia)