Resign to Run
As of this morning, a special election for the 18th Congressional District of Texas has not been called. We are approaching the deadline for a May 3 election.
Abby Church of the Chron has a good take on why Christian Menefee is still our Harris County Attorney even though he is supposed to resign to run. See this from the Chron:
Menefee’s congressional campaign filing on Saturday and his announcement on Monday both effectively triggered the law, meaning he automatically resigned as county attorney. He recently won another term as county attorney in November.
The position will be filled through a Harris County Commissioners Court vote. Until then, the law requires Menefee to remain the acting county attorney, a spokesperson for his office wrote in a text to a reporter. The person who replaces him will remain in the role until the next election to fill the position in November 2026, the spokesperson said. The position will also be up for grabs in November 2028 to get the slot back on its regularly scheduled election cycle.
Menefee acknowledged his resignation in his bio on X where he calls himself the “former” Harris County attorney.
Here is the entire Abby Church read: Menefee out as county attorney with election announcement.
Meanwhile, State Rep. Jolanda Jones tweeted that she is considering running for the 18th.
We still have not heard any official statement from former H-Town Council Member Amanda Edwards.
Hopefully we in the 18th get to slap on the featured photo stickers in the next few weeks.
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The GOP has been running the State of Texas for over two decades now. Now the Texas House Speaker has created a DOGE type committee to root out the mess that the GOP created. Got it?
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The LA Dodgers beat the Cubbies 4-1 to open the MLB season today. The game was played in Tokyo. Kyle Tucker went 0 for 4 for the Cubbies.
