2026年5月26日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:54 / 哥伦比亚广播公司
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克 政治记者
凯特琳·伊莱克是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网驻华盛顿特区政治记者。她曾供职于《华盛顿考察家报》和《国会山报》，并入选2022年美国国家新闻基金会保罗·米勒华盛顿报道奖学金项目。
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哥伦比亚广播公司预测，克里斯蒂安·梅尼菲众议员在周二得克萨斯州新划定的第18国会选区民主党初选决选中击败了阿尔·格林众议员。
由于去年的选区划分操弄，这两位现任民主党议员的休斯顿地区选区被合并。应特朗普总统的要求，该州由共和党控制的州议会重新划定国会选区，新增了5个对共和党有利的席位，美国最高法院允许该州使用新的选区地图。
梅尼菲在周二的一份声明中表示，这场胜利“属于该选区的全体民众”。
“你们一次次挺身而出，每一次都选择为我们社区更美好的未来而奋斗，”他说道。“我一刻也不敢将此视为理所当然。这是你们的胜利，我将在华盛顿的每一天都确保这场胜利具有实际意义。”
格林自2005年起担任第9国会选区众议员，在新的国会选区地图调整了第9选区的边界，使其更倾向共和党后，他决定转战第18选区参选。
重新划分选区后，第18选区始终是可靠的民主党票仓，这意味着梅尼菲几乎铁定能在11月的大选中获胜。
梅尼菲的国会任期很短。他于今年2月宣誓就任众议员，接替去年3月去世的民主党众议员西尔维斯特·特纳——特纳在首个任期仅数周时便离世。特纳此前接替了民主党众议员希拉·杰克逊·李，后者于2024年7月在任内去世。
该选区的两名前任议员都在70多岁时接连离世，年龄问题成为此次竞选的一大焦点，尤其是在年轻民主党人呼吁推出新一代候选人的背景下。格林现年78岁，梅尼菲现年38岁。
在3月的初选中，梅尼菲以46%的得票率领先，格林的得票率为44%。但两人均未获得超过50%的选票，因此不得不进行决选。
格林素来以特朗普的反对者形象著称，曾在特朗普的第一和第二任期内两次提出针对总统的弹劾条款。众议院去年还投票谴责格林扰乱特朗普在国会联席会议上的演讲。
Christian Menefee defeats longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green in Texas House district, CBS News projects
May 26, 2026 / 8:54 PM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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Rep. Christian Menefee bested Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff in Texas’ newly drawn 18th Congressional District, CBS News projects.
The incumbent Democrats had parts of their Houston-area districts merged as a result of last year’s gerrymandering. At the request of President Trump, the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature redrew congressional districts to create five additional seats favorable to Republicans, and the Supreme Court allowed the state to move forward with the new map.
In a statement on Tuesday, Menefee said the victory “belongs to the people of this district.”
“You have shown up over and over, and every single time, you have chosen to fight for a better future for our communities,” he said. “I do not take that for granted for one second. This is your victory, and I will spend every day in Washington making sure it means something.”
Green, who has represented the 9th Congressional District since 2005, decided to run in the 18th District after the new congressional map moved the 9th District’s boundaries to make it more Republican leaning.
The 18th District has remained reliably blue after redistricting, making it all but certain that Menefee wins the general election in November.
Menefee’s stint in Congress has been short. He was sworn in as a House member in February, replacing Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died in March of last year, just weeks into his first term. Turner had succeeded Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July 2024 while in office.
With the back-to-back deaths of the district’s representative, who were both in their 70s, age loomed large over the race, especially as younger Democrats push for a new generation of candidates. Green is 78, while Menefee is 38.
In the March primary, Menefee led with 46% of the vote compared with Green’s 44%. But neither secured more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.
Green has been known as a Trump antagonist, introducing articles of impeachment against the president in his first and second term. The House voted last year to censure him for disrupting President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
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