A Houston official and a former City Council member are headed to a runoff for the vacant U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district. Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former council member Amanda Edwards finished atop a 16-person field in Tuesday’s special election. But neither attained the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. They are vying for the seat previously held by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner. The fellow Democrat and former Houston mayor died in March. The outcome of the special election in Texas’ deep-blue 18th District will narrow Republicans’ slim House majority.
