Christian Menefee named projected winner of District 18 runoff election: AP

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Associated Press has projected former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee as winner of the Jan. 31 Congressional District 18 runoff election.

Menefee, who ended his five-year run as Harris County Attorney earlier this year, ran against former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards.

Saturday was the last day to cast a ballot in the race, after the winter storm closed voting centers, and two additional early voting days were added after the polls closed for two days during the winter storm.

The Harris County Clerk says the approximately 3400 votes cast during those two extra days were done so provisionally and won’t be counted until the official vote count in February.

Based on the projection, Menefee will serve for about one year, filling the term left by former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who died in March 2025, two months after taking office. Turner replaced Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who died while in office in 2024.