OUR PREDICTED WIN FOR CHRISTIAN MENEFEE OVER AMANDA EDWARDS & WHY

Written by Michael Thervil

OUR PREDICTED WIN FOR CHRISTIAN MENEFEE OVER AMANDA EDWARDS & WHY | PHOTO BY MIHCAEL THERVIL | VEDA WORLD NEWS

[Christian Menefee win Amanda Edwards] Last year on November 5^th, 2025, we at VEDA World News we highlighted in an article entitled: “CHRISTIAN MENEFEE TO DEFEAT AMANDA EDWARDS IN 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RUN OFF” that Christian Menefee would win the election for the 18^th Congressional District. While there were many reasons for us reaching this prediction, the two reasons that stood out to us the most was the fact that not only did Christian Menefee have the right organization and backers supporting him as a base, but he also had slightly more access to capital that his rival Amanda Edwards. It should also be noted that we also took the time out to provide our readers with the names and supporters of both candidates as a contributing factor to how we reached our conclusion.

Also, although historically Houston, like many cities across the nation, are facing record low levels of voter turnout, should still consider the total number of voters in this special run-off election and how they voted. Out of a total number of 23,652 voters for this special run-off election, only 7,478 (31.62%) voted for Amanda Edwards. In the case of Christian Menefee, he earned a landslide 16,174 (68.38%) voters exponentially shutting out Amanda Edwards. This suggests that voters had more confidence in the perceived leadership abilities of Christian Menefee than that of Amanda Edwards.

The question is why? With a median household age of 33, with Hispanics (44%) being the largest demographic followed by Blacks (31%), combined with an estimated $60,000 median household income, and 42% of households in the 18^th Congressional District identifying as married; it's safe to say that these lower middle class to middle class residents will tend to be more conservative when it comes to the support of male leadership.

These are the two main reasons why Amanda Edwards lost this election cycle. Although this is a run-off election and not the final official election in which Christian Menefee will face =off against Congressmen Al Green; simply looking at the raw numbers it appears that Congressmen AL green does have a financial advantage over Christian Menefee. However, what Christian Menefee has over Congressmen Al Green is the support of younger voters who don’t necessarily subscribe to race politics but to whoever they perceive will provide them with more upward social mobility and who will ultimately put more money into their pockets.

Both candidates for the final election will suffer from the increased number of black American men who are pivoting towards the republican party as they see the democratic party not only becoming increasingly irrelevant but have been failing to directly address and meet their needs in today's ever-changing times.