Texas's_29th_congressional_district

Texas's 29th congressional district
Texas's 29th congressional district
	Texas's 29th congressional district - since January 3, 2023.
Representative
	Sylvia Garcia; D–Houston
Distribution	99.94% urban; 0.06% rural;
Population (2022)	732,116
Median household; income	$50,461
Ethnicity	74.5% Hispanic; 13.2% Black; 8.3% White; 2.3% Asian; 1.1% Two or more races; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+18

Texas's 29th congressional district

U.S. House district for Texas

Texas's 29th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers the eastern portion of the Greater Houston area in the state of Texas. The current Representative from the 29th district is Democrat Sylvia Garcia.

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The Texas State Legislature established the district as a majority-Hispanic or Latino district. Democrat Gene Green, a non-Hispanic white, won the first election for the district in 1992 and held it for 18 terms.^[5] In November 2017, Green announced that he would retire from Congress and would not run for re-election in 2018. Garcia won the election to succeed him.

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Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 59 - 38%
2004	President	Kerry 56 - 44%
2008	President	Obama 62 - 38%
2012	President	Obama 66 - 33%
2016	President	Clinton 71 - 25%
2020	President	Biden 66 - 33%

Representative (Residency)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1993
. Gene Green (Houston)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2019	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.	1993–1997 [data missing]
					1997–2003 Parts of Harris
					2003–2005 Parts of Harris
					2005–2013 Parts of Harris
					2013–2023 Parts of Harris^[6]
. Sylvia Garcia (Houston)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2013–2023 Parts of Harris^[6]
. Sylvia Garcia (Houston)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2023–present Parts of Harris^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	78,256	94.1	-1.0
	Libertarian	Clifford Messina	4,868	5.9	+1.0
Majority			73,388	88.3
Turnout			83,124
	Democratic hold		Swing	-1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	37,174	74%	-20,1%
	Republican	Eric Story	12,347	24%	+24%
Majority			24,827	50%
Turnout			49,521
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	79,718	75%	+10.4
	Republican	Eric Story	25,512	24%	-10.1%
Majority			54,206	51%
Turnout			105,230
	Democratic hold		Swing	-1.0

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Texas's 29th congressional district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	43,185	64.6%	-10.4%
	Republican	Roy Morales	22,756	34.1%	+10.1%
Majority			20,399	30.5%
Turnout			65,941
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	86,053	90.00
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	4,996	5.23
	Green	Maria Selva	4,562	4.77
Total votes			95,611	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	41,321	79.6
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	4,822	10.4
Total votes			46,143	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	95,649	72.5
	Republican	Julio Garza	31,646	24.0
	Libertarian	N. Ruben Perez	3,234	2.4
	Green	James Partsch-Galvan	1,453	1.1
Total votes			131,982	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Garcia	88,188	75.1
	Republican	Phillip Aronoff	28,098	23.9
	Libertarian	Cullen Burns	1,199	1.0
	Independent	Johnathan Garza (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			117,494	100
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Garcia (incumbent)	111,305	71.1
	Republican	Jaimy Z. Blanco	42,840	27.4
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	2,328	1.5
Total votes			156,473	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Garcia (incumbent)	71,837	71.4
	Republican	Robert Schafranek	28,765	28.5
Total votes			100,602	100.0
	Democratic hold