Christian has never backed down from a fight — not when Texas Republicans tried to throw out the 2020 election results, not when corporations polluted Black and Brown neighborhoods, and not when greedy businesses tried to price-gouge families during hurricanes and natural disasters.
He’s the youngest and first Black Harris County Attorney, and he’s proven what bold leadership looks like. He has:
- Taken the Trump Administration to court — and won
- Held polluters accountable
- And protected families in Harris County from price gouging
Christian has proven that he has the courage to take on the important fights AND the skill to win those fights. That’s why Leaders We Deserve endorsed him and why Democrats need his leadership in Congress.
Raised in Texas’s 18th District by military parents, he attended Houston public schools, graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and earned a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
- Menefee’s campaign emphasizes:
- Protecting voting rights and public health
- Environmental justice and stronger regulation of pollution
- Healthcare and economic opportunity
- Advocacy for working families and social safety net programs.
In short, Christian Menefee is a prominent local Democratic leader and attorney from Houston actively campaigning to represent TX-18 in the U.S. House of Representatives while previously serving as Harris County’s chief civil lawyer.
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