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Texas Runoffs, $85B Tariff Refunds & Democrats' Widest Lead in a Year
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Texas Democrats chose generational change over seniority as Christian Menefee ousted 78-year-old Al Green, while the Supreme Court unlocked $85 billion in Trump-era tariff refunds. Plus: a Fort Bend voting glitch, Ro Khanna's Rust Belt tour, and the Democratic generic ballot hits its widest margin in 12 months.
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Texas held its May twenty-sixth primary runoffs, and one result in particular tells you something real about where the Democratic Party is heading. In Houston's eighteenth congressional district, Christian Menefee defeated seventy-eight-year-old incumbent Al Green.
There was a notable disruption in Fort Bend County during those same runoffs. Electronic poll books failed countywide, preventing voters from checking in at the start of the day.
The broader midterm picture is shifting. The Democratic generic ballot lead now sits at seven-point-seven percentage points, forty-eight-point-six against forty point nine for Republicans.
A Supreme Court ruling is now enabling roughly twenty billion dollars in refunds to American importers on Trump-era tariffs. An additional sixty-five billion dollars is expected to follow.
The House Transportation Committee passed an amendment allowing six-axle semitrailers weighing up to ninety-one thousand pounds on interstate highways. Farm groups are backing this, projecting substantial fuel savings and supply chain relief.
Representative Ro Khanna is touring Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, pitching what he calls a Marshall Plan for America. He says he'll decide on a twenty twenty-eight presidential run after the midterms.
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