Democrat Rep. Al Green lost the Texas House District 18 primary runoff on Tuesday evening to 37-year-old Christian Menefee.
The 78-year-old Democrat was booted from his seat after more than two decades in Congress.
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The Hill reported:
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat in January, is almost certain to win the general election this fall in a district that Cook Political Report rates as solidly Democratic.
Neither Menefee nor Green, the 78-year-old who’s served in the House for over two decades, pushed past the 50 percent support needed in the March 3 primary to avoid a runoff.
The two lawmakers were pitted against each other after Texas Republicans advanced a GOP-friendly map that created multiple new pickup opportunities for the party ahead of the midterms. The controversial plan kicked off a national back-and-forth over mid-decade redistricting, including a Democrat-friendly plan to effectively counter the Texas changes in California.
Earlier this year, Al Green was booted from President Trump’s State of the Union Address for holding up a banner that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes.”
This is the second consecutive year that Al Green has been kicked out of the State of the Union.
Al Green held up the banner as President Trump walked by.
Majority Whip Steve Scalise ripped the banner down before Al Green was thrown out.
Green was censured after his stunt.
