{"id":3576,"date":"2026-05-27T02:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/27\/veteran-texas-congressman-al-green-beaten-in-democratic-primary-runoff\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:40:04","slug":"veteran-texas-congressman-al-green-beaten-in-democratic-primary-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=3576","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"28553a03-71eb-4891-8024-755f17f02245\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man escorted from room\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ae2189ddca247853ae1e7280d1564ade456279b6\/438_0_5493_4397\/master\/5493.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.22009830693605\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Al Green is escorted from the chamber at Donald Trump\u2019s address to a joint session of Congress in March last year.<\/span> Photograph: Win Mcnamee\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"28553a03-71eb-4891-8024-755f17f02245\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Al Green is escorted from the chamber at Donald Trump\u2019s address to a joint session of Congress in March last year.<\/span> Photograph: Win Mcnamee\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green\u2019s reliably Democratic seat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Christian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, beat veteran congressman Al Green on Tuesday in a fierce runoff that was the product of Republican gerrymandering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Last year, the Republican-dominated Texas legislature unveiled a congressional map designed to flip seats in the GOP\u2019s favor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> had urged the state\u2019s lawmakers to safeguard the party\u2019s congressional majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Under the new map, Green, a congressional fixture for over two decades and a staunch Trump critic, saw his reliably Democratic ninth district effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/texasstandard.org\/stories\/texas-redistricting-new-congressional-map-democrats-moving-districts\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">eliminated<\/a>. He announced a bid for the 18th district in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Menefee was sworn into the seat in January, after winning a special election to replace the late US representative Sylvester Turner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On the campaign trail, Green sought to link Menefee with big-money politics, accusing his challenger of being aligned with \u201cTrump crypto cronies\u201d, Houston Public Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/politics\/election-2026\/2026\/05\/22\/552628\/in-democratic-runoff-reps-al-green-and-christian-menefee-clash-over-influence-of-big-money-in-politics\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Green\u2019s protests of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> have garnered national attention in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In February, he was ejected from the president\u2019s State of the Union address after holding a sign that read \u201cBlack people aren\u2019t apes!\u201d It was a counter to Trump sharing a racist AI-generated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/06\/trump-obama-video-racist\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">video<\/a> where Barack and Michelle Obama were depicted as the simians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/texas\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-politics\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Veteran%20Texas%20congressman%20Al%20Green%20beaten%20in%20Democratic%20primary%20runoff&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/26\/texas-al-green-democratic-primary-runoff?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F26%2Ftexas-al-green-democratic-primary-runoff&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/26\/texas-al-green-democratic-primary-runoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Green is escorted from the chamber at Donald Trump\u2019s address to a joint session of Congress in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}