
Democrat Christian Menefee is projected to win the special House runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, according to CNN, further shrinking Republicans’ narrow majority in the U.S. House. With Menefee’s expected victory, the chamber stands at 218 Republicans to 213 Democrats, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson with a razor-thin margin, able to lose only one GOP vote on party-line legislation once Menefee is sworn in.