Texas' 29th Congressional District

Texas' 29th Congressional District

Incumbent

Sylvia Garcia

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Texas' 29th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Sylvia Garcia (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia defeated Alan Garza in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	65.3	99,379
		Alan Garza (R)	34.7	52,830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 152,209
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29

Alan Garza defeated Christian Garcia in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alan Garza	53.8	421
		Christian Garcia	46.2	362

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 783
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	17,297

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,297
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sean Barry (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Christian Garcia and Alan Garza advanced to a runoff. They defeated Angel Fierro and Jose Casares in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christian Garcia	44.7	3,716
✔		Alan Garza	29.1	2,418
		Angel Fierro	16.2	1,346
		Jose Casares	9.9	825

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,305
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2022

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia defeated Robert Schafranek in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	71.4	71,837
		Robert Schafranek (R)	28.6	28,765

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,602
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Johnathan Garza (Independent)
• T.D. Blackshure (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29

Robert Schafranek defeated Julio Garza in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Schafranek	60.7	2,875
		Julio Garza	39.3	1,859

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,734
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	19,402

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Robert Schafranek and Julio Garza advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Lulite Ejigu in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Schafranek	39.3	3,299
✔		Julio Garza	31.4	2,629
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	26.4	2,212
		Lulite Ejigu	2.9	244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,384
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Miller (R)

2020

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Phil Kurtz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	71.4	111,305
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco (R)	27.5	42,840
		Phil Kurtz (L)	1.1	1,683

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 155,828
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	28,180

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,180
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco defeated Robert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	56.9	4,336
		Robert Schafranek	43.1	3,286

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,622
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nile Irsan (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phil Kurtz advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Phil Kurtz (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Sylvia Garcia defeated Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Cullen Burns in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	75.1	88,188
		Phillip Arnold Aronoff (R)	23.9	28,098
		Cullen Burns (L)	1.0	1,199
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	9

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,494
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phillip Arnold Aronoff defeated Carmen Montiel in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phillip Arnold Aronoff	51.9	1,151
		Carmen Montiel	48.1	1,068

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,219
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	63.3	11,727
		Muhammad Javed	20.7	3,831
		Roel Garcia	6.6	1,221
		Hector Morales	3.0	563
	Submit photo	Augustine Reyes	2.8	525
		Dominique Garcia	2.6	478
		Pedro Valencia	1.0	193

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,538
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Carmen Montiel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Robert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phillip Arnold Aronoff	38.6	2,402
✔		Carmen Montiel	23.6	1,467
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	21.0	1,309
		Robert Schafranek	16.8	1,042

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,220
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2016

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Gene Green (D) defeated Julio Garza (R), N. Ruben Perez (L), and James Partsch-Galvan (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Green defeated Dominique Garcia and Adrian Garcia in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016, while Garza defeated Robert Schafranek to win the Republican nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green Incumbent	72.5%	95,649
	Republican	Julio Garza	24%	31,646
	Libertarian	Ruben Perez	2.5%	3,234
	Green	James Partsch-Galvan	1.1%	1,453
Total Votes				131,982
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 29 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Julio Garza	59.1%	7,421
Robert Schafranek	40.9%	5,139
Total Votes		12,560
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 29 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gene Green Incumbent	57.4%	17,814
Adrian Garcia	38.6%	11,972
Dominique Garcia	3.9%	1,224
Total Votes		31,010
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 29th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Gene Green (D) defeated James Stanczak (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green Incumbent	89.5%	41,321
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	10.5%	4,822
Total Votes				46,143
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 29th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Gene Green won re-election. He defeated James Stanczak (L) and Maria Selva (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green Incumbent	90%	86,053
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	5.2%	4,996
	Green	Maria Selva	4.8%	4,562
Total Votes				95,611
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Roy Morales (R) and Brad Walters (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	64.6%	43,257
	Republican	Roy Morales	34.1%	22,825
	Libertarian	Brad Walters	1.3%	866
Total Votes				66,948

2008
On November 4, 2008, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Eric Story (R) and Joel Grace (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	74.6%	79,718
	Republican	Eric Story	23.9%	25,512
	Libertarian	Joel Grace	1.5%	1,564
Total Votes				106,794

2006
On November 7, 2006, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Eric Story (R) and Clifford Lee Messina (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	73.5%	37,174
	Republican	Eric Story	24.4%	12,347
	Libertarian	Clifford Lee Messina	2%	1,029
Total Votes				50,550

2004
On November 2, 2004, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Clifford Messina (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	94.1%	78,256
	Libertarian	Clifford Messina	5.9%	4,868
Total Votes				83,124

2002
On November 5, 2002, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul Hansen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	95.2%	55,760
	Libertarian	Paul Hansen	4.8%	2,833
Total Votes				58,593

2000
On November 7, 2000, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Vu (R) and Ray Dittmar (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	73.3%	84,665
	Republican	Joe Vu	25.6%	29,606
	Libertarian	Ray Dittmar	1%	1,204
Total Votes				115,475

1998
On November 3, 1998, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lea Sherman (I) and James Chudleigh (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	92.8%	44,179
	Independent	Lea Sherman	4.2%	2,013
	Libertarian	James Chudleigh	3%	1,439
Total Votes				47,631

1996
On November 5, 1996, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jack Rodriguez (R) and Jack Klinger (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	67.5%	61,751
	Republican	Jack Rodriguez	31%	28,381
	U.S. Taxpayers	Jack Klinger	1.5%	1,340
Total Votes				91,472

1994
On November 8, 1994, Gene Green won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Harold Eide (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green incumbent	73.4%	44,102
	Republican	Harold Eide	26.6%	15,952
Total Votes				60,054

1992
On November 3, 1992, Gene Green won election to the United States House. He defeated Clark Kent Ervin (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green	64.9%	64,064
	Republican	Clark Kent Ervin	35.1%	34,609
Total Votes				98,673

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

In August 2025, the Texas Legislature proposed a new congressional district map during special legislative sessions that prompted Democratic legislators to leave the state to prevent a quorum. Click here to read more about the 2025 Democratic walkout during mid-decade redistricting in Texas.

On August 20, 2025, the Texas House approved House Bill 4 containing a new congressional map by an 88-52 vote along party lines. On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025. The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.

Texas first enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021. On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021. This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."

Texas District 29
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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Texas District 29
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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The 29th Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 29th the 107th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 29th the 74th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 67.8%-31.0%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 29th the 73rd most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 67.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 31.0%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 29th Congressional District the 71st most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.09. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.09 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 29th Congressional District & Map

Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)