ELECTION RUNOFF COVERAGE: Generational shift in Texas?

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[00:00:00]This is a congressional race. It's CD number 18. Al Green. Uh, this one's already been called, guys, with 11% reporting. Uh, Al Green, it looks like, is not going to return to Congress.

[00:00:11]Christian Miny, brand new congressman, freshman congressman there in Harris County, uh, has sent Al Green home. Um, you know, at the end of the day, this was really generational fight right here. Were Democrats ready to move on and elect a younger person? Democrats and Republicans have both faced both faced this whether to uh you know let one generation step aside and let another generation come in and it looks like voters there have done that. But any surprises about that? Al Green was hugely popular and you know people see him all the time at these state of the union addresses.

[00:00:46]>> He was hugely popular but he was moved out of his district. Christian Meny, very well known in Houston, very well known in in Harris County, and he's local again. And Al Green's been in Washington, and for all the talk about him being popular, you know, people loved seeing him argue on television.

[00:01:01]But Christian Menes, who they saw in their city, in their district every day, you know, it's really hard when you have someone who has to come home from Washington on weekends and campaign.

[00:01:09]It's hard to run against somebody who's really firmly established locally.