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Texas TX-29 House2022

RACE AT A GLANCE

SEAT HELD

Sylvia Garcia

RACE WINNER

Sylvia Garcia

Seat held

RACE TYPE

Incumbent running

Sylvia Garcia (D)

RACE RATING

Last updated : Oct 25, 2021
Solid D

COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX

Last updated : Jul 18, 2022
D +50
R +50
D +18

Key Dates

Filing Deadline: TBD

Primary Election: TBD

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Sylvia Garcia

First Elected: 2018

Last General Election: 71.1%

Last Primary Election: Unopposed

Full Bio:
GARCIA, Sylvia, a Representative from Texas; born in Palito Blanco, Jim Wells County, Tex., September 6, 1950; graduated from Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School, Palito Blanco, Tex.; B.S.W., Texas Women's University, Denton, Tex., 1972; J.D., Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex., 1978; lawyer; social worker; director and presiding judge, Houston, Tex., municipal court system, 1983-1998; Houston, Tex., city controller, 1998-2003; member of the Harris County, Tex., commissioners court, 2003-2010; member of the Texas state senate, 2013-2019; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-present).

Source: Bioguide

CANDIDATES

Republicans

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DISTRICT DATA

Texas - 29

North Houston 

Population Breakdown

Source: American Community Survey 2015

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Past Presidential Results from this District

2020 Election Results

Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST

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2016 Election Results

Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST

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RACE ANALYSIS

Race Analysis

Updated: Jun 9, 2026

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