Menefee led in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election, but didn’t secure more than than 50% of the vote to win the race outright. WASHINGTON — Democratic Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee are headed to a runoff election in their bids for Texas’ newly redrawn 18th Congressional District. Neither won more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday night’s primary election. Menefee led Green by about 2 percentage points, but fell short of winning outright as two other Democratic contenders pulled votes