Christian Menefee’s unexpected special U.S. House election victory in a GOP-majority Texas district has taken the GOP majority in the House down to 218-214. This means that if just ONE GOP representative fails to vote the party line, this produces a 216-216 tie.
The circumstances of the win for the DNC in Texas have yet to be analyzed, but initial evidence suggests voter turnout on the GOP side led to the unexpected win. If so, the seat is sure to flip back to the GOP in a few months; if not, this is a bellwether worth noting.
House GOP majority shrinks to just one vote as Johnson swears in new House Democrat Fox News
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The House Republican majority just got reduced to a perilously slim one-vote margin thanks to a Democrat’s victory in Texas over the weekend.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swore in newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, on Monday evening, bringing the overall House of Representatives margin to 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats.
That means if a bill gets no Democratic support and the House is in full attendance, losing more than one GOP vote will result in a 216-216 tie — meaning it would fail to pass.