2025–26 Texas's 18th congressional district special election

2025–26 Texas's 18th congressional district special election
November 4, 2025 (first round)
January 31, 2026 (runoff)
Texas's 18th congressional district
 
Candidate Christian Menefee Amanda Edwards Jolanda Jones
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
First round 22,022
28.90% 		19,467
25.55% 		14,549
19.10%
Runoff 18,646
68.86% 		8,434
31.14% 		Eliminated
 
Candidate Carmen María Montiel Isaiah Martin
Party Republican Democratic
First round 5,110
6.71% 		4,337
5.69%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Menefee:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%
Edwards:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%
Jones:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Montiel:      20–30%      50–60%
Tie      20–30%      30–40%
U.S. Representative before election

Sylvester Turner
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Christian Menefee
Democratic

A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 18th congressional district was held on November 4, 2025. The seat became vacant following the death of Democrat Sylvester Turner on March 5, 2025. It is considered a safely Democratic district. This was the second special election to this seat in almost one year, the first being held in November 2024 after the July 2024 death of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.

No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, leading to a runoff between the top two candidates: county attorney Christian Menefee and former city councilwoman Amanda Edwards. The runoff election was held on January 31, 2026 and Menefee was selected to succeed Turner to finish the term.

Due to Texas' 2025 redistricting, Menefee will face incumbent Democratic Representative Al Green in the upcoming March primary.

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