前哈里斯县检察官克里斯蒂安·梅内菲（Christian Menefee）宣誓就任第214名民主党众议员
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德（Elizabeth Elkind）、保罗·施泰因豪泽（Paul Steinhauser）
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月2日 美国东部时间晚上7:00
由于周末得克萨斯州一名民主党人获胜，众议院共和党多数优势已缩减至岌岌可危的仅1票优势。
来自路易斯安那州的共和党议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）于周一晚间宣誓就任新当选的众议员克里斯蒂安·梅内菲（Christian Menefee），D-得克萨斯州，使众议院总票数差距变为218名共和党人和214名民主党人。
这意味着，如果一项法案得不到任何民主党支持，且众议院全员出席，共和党若失去超过1票，将导致216-216的平局——即法案无法通过。
民主党掌控优势的担忧加剧，众议院共和党人紧守脆弱多数
来自路易斯安那州的众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在华盛顿国会大厦就结束历史上最长政府停摆的最终投票后，从会议厅走向记者。（2025年11月12日，J. Scott Applewhite/美联社照片）
约翰逊对微薄优势并不陌生，在两至三席的多数情况下，他仍能艰难取得显著的共和党胜利。
但本周对众议院共和党领袖来说尤为艰难，他们正努力结束持续的部分政府停摆。
预计众议院将于周二某个时间就参议院民主党人和白宫达成的资金妥协方案进行投票，共和党人需要几乎所有人一致支持，才能在全院范围的”规则投票”中使法案通过。
规则投票是传统上沿党派界限划分的程序性障碍。
记者观察：众议院议员大量离职威胁约翰逊掌权，超40名成员计划离职
哈里斯县检察官克里斯蒂安·梅内菲获得国会进步党团政治行动委员会的支持。（哈里斯县检察官办公室）
梅内菲曾是休斯顿哈里斯县的律师，在得克萨斯州一个倾向民主党的选区赢得了补选，该席位空缺近一年。
他将接替已故众议员西尔维斯特·特纳（Sylvester Turner），D-得克萨斯州，特纳于2025年3月在任内去世。
美联社报道称，梅内菲在周六的决选中击败了同为民主党人的前休斯顿市议会议员阿曼达·爱德华兹（Amanda Edwards），填补了民主党众议员西尔维斯特·特纳去年3月去世后留下的席位。
西尔维斯特曾是长期的州议员，在2024年当选国会议员，填补已故长期民主党众议员希拉·杰克逊·李（Sheila Jackson Lee）的席位之前，曾两度担任休斯顿市长。
（2025年1月30日日落时分的美国国会大厦）（Emma Woodhead/福克斯新闻数字版）
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尽管得克萨斯州为2026年中期选举重新绘制了国会选区图（作为唐纳德·特朗普总统与共和党对抗民主党人的高风险重划选区斗争的一部分），但此次补选仍使用该州当前的选区界限。
众议院民主党阵营增加一名议员，将进一步增加众议院共和党领导层的麻烦。
众议院共和党领袖们痛苦地意识到他们所处的政治困境。
“他们最好都在这里，”约翰逊上月谈到他的共和党成员时说。”我告诉所有人，这不是玩笑，我说，不要参加冒险运动，不要冒险，吃维生素。保持健康并到场。”
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，主要报道众议院。她在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）有过数字署名报道。
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House GOP majority shrinks to just one vote as Johnson swears in new House Democrat
Former Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee was sworn in as the 214th House Democrat
By Elizabeth Elkind, Paul Steinhauser
Fox News
Published February 2, 2026 7:00pm EST
The House Republican majority just got reduced to a perilously slim one-vote margin thanks to a Democrat’s victory in Texas over the weekend.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swore in newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, on Monday evening, bringing the overall House of Representatives margin to 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats.
That means if a bill gets no Democratic support and the House is in full attendance, losing more than one GOP vote will result in a 216-216 tie — meaning it would fail to pass.
DEMOCRATIC TAKEOVER FEARS SOAR AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS CLING TO FRAGILE MAJORITY
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks from the chamber to speak with reporters after the final vote to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Johnson is no stranger to dealing with slim margins and has eked out significant GOP victories while dealing with majorities between two and three seats.
But this is a particularly difficult week for House GOP leaders who are scrambling to end an ongoing partial government shutdown.
The House is expected to vote on a funding compromise hashed out between Senate Democrats and the White House sometime on Tuesday, and Republicans will need nearly everyone in lockstep for the legislation to survive a chamber-wide “rule vote.”
Rule votes are procedural hurdles that traditionally fall along partisan lines.
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Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee was endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Political Action Committee.(Office of the Harris County Attorney)
Menefee, a former attorney for Houston’s Harris County, won a special congressional election in a left-leaning district in Texas that has been vacant for nearly a year.
He’s replacing the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, who died while in office in March 2025.
The Associated Press reported that Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, a fellow Democrat, in Saturday’s runoff election to fill the seat left vacant when Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died last March.
Sylvester, a former longtime state lawmaker, served two terms as Houston mayor before winning election to Congress in 2024 to fill the seat of the late longtime Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
The U.S. Capitol Building seen at sunset on Jan. 30, 2025.(Emma Woodhead/Fox News Digital)
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While Texas has redrawn its congressional maps for the 2026 midterms, as part of the high-stakes redistricting battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats, the special election used the state’s current district lines.
The addition of another lawmaker into the House Democrats’ ranks will give Republican leadership in the chamber further headaches.
And House GOP leaders are painfully aware of the politically difficult situation they’re in.
“They’d better be here,” Johnson said of his Republican members last month. “I told everybody, and not in jest, I said, no adventure sports, no risk-taking, take your vitamins. Stay healthy and be here.”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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