BREAKING: Texas Democrat Al Green Loses Primary Runoff – Gets Booted From His Seat After More Than Two Decades in Congress
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TL;DR
- Rep. Al Green lost the Texas House District 18 primary runoff to Christian Menefee.
- Green, 78, had served in Congress for over two decades.
- Menefee, 37, won a special election earlier in the year for the same district.
- The runoff occurred after neither candidate secured over 50% in the initial primary.
- The redistricting process by Texas Republicans created the situation where the two Democrats had to run against each other.
- Al Green was previously censured and removed from a State of the Union address for holding up a banner that read, 'Black People Aren’t Apes.'