U.S. House

Christian D. Menefee

U.S. Representative for Texas’s 18th District

Party
Democrat
In office since
February 2, 2026
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in TX-18

Candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for TX-18
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Ronald Dwayne WhitfieldRepublican——
Christian Dashaun MenefeeIncumbentDemocratic$3.8M$78K

Certified candidate list from Texas Secretary of State, retrieved September 24, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed. Fundraising from Federal Election Commission filings, reported through October 14, 2026; a dash means no FEC record.

On the record1 of 32 Scan statements

How Menefee has voted on the DNA Scan’s statements

Some of the statements in the DNA Scan have come to a recorded floor vote in Congress. Below are Menefee’s votes on them from 2023 to 2026: what each measure did, which way a yea pointed, and the official roll call. The other statements haven’t come to a direct vote, so we don’t guess where Menefee stands on them.

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  • “Government should never monitor citizens' communications, even to fight crime or terrorism.”2 of 2 votes agreed with it
    1. Voted nayH.R. 9238Jun 11, 2026

      H.R. 9238 extends the authorities of Title VII of FISA, including Section 702, until July 2, 2026; a yea continues this surveillance authority, against the statement.

      House failed · Republicans 190-19 · Democrats 8-199Roll callMeasure

    2. Voted nayS. 4465Apr 30, 2026

      S. 4465 extends the authorities of Title VII of FISA, including Section 702 acquisition of communications of non-U.S. persons outside the United States, under which information about U.S. persons may be incidentally acquired and queried; a yea continues this surveillance authority, against the statement.

      House passed · Republicans 166-26 · Democrats 95-85Roll callMeasure

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Committee assignments2
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    • Delivering on Government Efficiency
    • Federal Law Enforcement
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Contact
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1318 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4318

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; votes from the Clerk of the House and the Senate, with measure summaries from the Congressional Research Service; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission; the November ballot from the Texas Secretary of State. Updated November 9, 2026.