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Texas House of Representatives District 124
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 10, 2023

Texas House of Representatives District 124 is represented by Josey Garcia (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas state representatives represented an average of 194,555 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 168,456 residents.

About the office

Members of the Texas House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.[1][2]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[3]

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A qualified elector
  • 21 years old before the general election
  • A two-year resident of Texas before the general election
  • A district resident for one year prior to the general election


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[4]
SalaryPer diem
$7,200/year$221/day

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Texas State Legislature, the governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat.[5] A governor's proclamation to hold a special election must be delivered to county judges in the legislative district no later than 36 days before the scheduled election.[6]

The secretary of state can declare a candidate duly elected in a special election if there is no opposition.[7]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Texas Elec. Code § 203.001 et. seq.


District map

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Texas

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.[8]

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:[8]

  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."[8]

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas renewed its state legislative district boundaries in June 2023 for use in 2024 and until the 2030 census. These districts were the same as those enacted by the state in October 2021. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed HB 1000 — establishing state House district boundaries — on June 12, 2023, and he allowed SB 375 — establishing state Senate district boundaries — to become law without his signature on June 18, 2023.[9][10]

The Texas Tribune's James Barragan wrote in January 2023 that Senate Legislative Redistricting Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman (R) said the state was re-doing the redistricting process "to ensure that Legislature had met its constitutional requirement to apportion districts in the first regular session after the publishing of the results of the federal census, which is done every 10 years. Because of the pandemic, census numbers were not released until after the end of the last regularly scheduled legislative session on May 31, 2021. Redistricted maps were passed in a subsequent special session that year."[11] Texas had originally enacted new state legislative districts on October 25, 2021.

Below are the maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Texas' 2024 state legislative elections.

Texas House of Representatives District 124
until January 9, 2023

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Texas House of Representatives District 124
starting January 10, 2023

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Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Josey Garcia defeated Sylvia Soto in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josey Garcia
Josey Garcia (D)
 
61.5
 
30,345
Sylvia Soto (R)
 
38.5
 
18,981

Total votes: 49,326
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Josey Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josey Garcia
Josey Garcia
 
100.0
 
4,902

Total votes: 4,902
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Sylvia Soto advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Sylvia Soto
 
100.0
 
3,127

Total votes: 3,127
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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Josey Garcia defeated Johnny Arredondo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josey Garcia
Josey Garcia (D)
 
67.0
 
23,633
Image of Johnny Arredondo
Johnny Arredondo (R)
 
33.0
 
11,643

Total votes: 35,276
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Josey Garcia defeated Gerald Brian Lopez and Steven Gilmore in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josey Garcia
Josey Garcia
 
70.0
 
4,976
Image of Gerald Brian Lopez
Gerald Brian Lopez Candidate Connection
 
22.5
 
1,596
Steven Gilmore
 
7.5
 
536

Total votes: 7,108
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Johnny Arredondo advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Johnny Arredondo
Johnny Arredondo
 
100.0
 
3,277

Total votes: 3,277
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2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Ina Minjarez won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ina Minjarez
Ina Minjarez (D)
 
100.0
 
3

Total votes: 3
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Ina Minjarez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ina Minjarez
Ina Minjarez
 
100.0
 
13,784

Total votes: 13,784
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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Ina Minjarez defeated Johnny Arredondo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ina Minjarez
Ina Minjarez (D)
 
67.6
 
31,835
Image of Johnny Arredondo
Johnny Arredondo (R)
 
32.4
 
15,229

Total votes: 47,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Incumbent Ina Minjarez defeated Sergio Contreras in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ina Minjarez
Ina Minjarez
 
78.4
 
5,661
Sergio Contreras
 
21.6
 
1,558

Total votes: 7,219
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124

Johnny Arredondo advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 124 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Johnny Arredondo
Johnny Arredondo
 
100.0
 
3,200

Total votes: 3,200
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[12]

Incumbent Ina Minjarez ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 124 general election.[13]

Texas House of Representatives, District 124 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ina Minjarez Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 38,622
Total Votes 38,622
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Incumbent Ina Minjarez defeated Sergio Contreras in the Texas House of Representatives District 124 Democratic Primary.[14][15]

Texas House of Representatives, District 124 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ina Minjarez Incumbent 71.47% 6,923
     Democratic Sergio Contreras 28.53% 2,764
Total Votes 9,687



2015

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2015

Nathan Alonzo (D), Delicia Herrera (D), Ina Minjarez (D) and David L. Rosa (D) faced off in the special election on March 31, 2015.[16] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Minjarez and Herrera, met in a runoff election on April 21, which Minjarez won.[17][18][19]

The seat was vacant following José Menéndez's (D) election to the Texas State Senate on February 17, 2015.[20]

A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 124 was called for March 31. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10.[21]

Texas House of Representatives, District 124, Special Runoff Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngIna Minjarez 55% 1,331
     Democratic Delicia Herrera 45% 1,090
Total Votes 2,421
Texas House of Representatives, District 124, Special Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngIna Minjarez 42.2% 828
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDelicia Herrera 28.3% 555
     Democratic Nathan Alonzo 23.8% 467
     Democratic David L. Rosa 5.7% 111
Total Votes 1,961

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent José Menéndez was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[22][23][24]

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Texas House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 29, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jose Menendez (D) defeated Herb Gonzales, Jr. (G) in the general election. Menendez was unopposed in the Democratic primary election. Gonzales defeated Yvonne Valdez in the Green Party primary election.[25]

Texas House of Representatives, District 124, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJose Menendez Incumbent 84.9% 31,915
     Green Herb Gonzales, Jr. 15.1% 5,661
Total Votes 37,576

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 124 raised a total of $2,557,445. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $134,602 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, Texas House of Representatives District 124
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $210,242 2 $105,121
2022 $229,233 4 $57,308
2020 $187,795 1 $187,795
2018 $267,247 3 $89,082
2014 $344,115 1 $344,115
2012 $254,124 1 $254,124
2010 $250,749 1 $250,749
2008 $183,010 1 $183,010
2006 $195,324 1 $195,324
2004 $99,526 1 $99,526
2002 $180,899 1 $180,899
2000 $155,182 2 $77,591
Total $2,557,445 19 $134,602


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Texas Government Code, "Title 3., Subtitle A., Sec. 301.001," accessed February 17, 2021
  2. Texas Constitution, "Article 3. Legislative Department, Section 4," accessed November 4, 2021
  3. Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for All Public Offices," accessed May 23, 2025
  4. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  5. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3))
  6. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3)(b)-(c))
  7. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 2.055)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
  9. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: HB 1000," accessed June 21, 2023
  10. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: SB 375," accessed June 21, 2023
  11. The Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate votes to take up redistricting again," January 11, 2023
  12. Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
  13. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
  14. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
  15. Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
  16. Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 11, 2015
  17. Texas Secretary of State, "2015 Special Election, House District 124," accessed April 30, 2015
  18. Texas Secretary of State, "Candidates for State Representative, District 124 Runoff Election," accessed April 13, 2015
  19. Texas Secretary of State, "Special Runoff Election, House District 124," accessed April 30, 2015
  20. NewsWest9.com, "Special election March 31 will replace Menendez in House," March 4, 2015
  21. State of Texas, "Special election proclamation," accessed March 9, 2015
  22. Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
  23. The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  24. Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  25. Office of the Secretary of State, "State of Texas 2012 General Election," November 6, 2012


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