Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Thursday won the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the special House election for Texas's 18th District.

Menefee, the youngest County Attorney in Houston history, will face off against a crowded slate of largely young, progressive Democrats vying to represent one of the state's most populous districts following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner (D) in March.

"Christian is the proven fighter Texas’s 18th district needs. We are proud to back his campaign," Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC members Reps. Greg Casar (D-Texas), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said in a statement on Thursday.

They pointed to Menefee's history of "multi-million dollar settlements holding corporations accountable" and his legal fights against Texas Republicans.

Menefee, they wrote, "has a demonstrated record of standing up to Republican overreach and delivering results for working families.”

Menefee told The Hill that Texas progressives occupy a critical role in a national party seeking to claw its way out of the wilderness.

He added that decades under far-right rule have given Texas Democrats something the national party needs: the ability to "be scrappy" and fight against tough odds.

The state's Democrats have been "cast aside" by party members nationally "who don't believe that Texas has the ability to flip," Menefee said.

But faced with Republican control of all three branches of state government, he argued, Harris County Democrats — and the County Attorney specifically — have repeatedly fought the state GOP to a standstill.

"We're resourceful. We know what it looks like to be in a situation where you feel like your back is up against the........

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