Texas's 29th congressional district

"TX-29" redirects here. The term may also refer to Texas State Highway 29.

Not to be confused with Texas's 29th House of Representatives district.

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.

Texas's 29th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Sylvia Garcia D–Houston
Distribution	99.94% urban[1] 0.06% rural
Population (2023)	740,677[2]
Median household income	$55,202[3]
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+12[4]

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 13 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.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[6]

Harris County (9)

Aldine, Channelview (part; also 2nd and 36th), Cloverleaf, Galena Park, Houston (part; also 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 18th, 22nd, 36th, 38th; shared with Fort Bend and Montgomery counties), Humble (part; also 2nd and 18th), Jacinto City (part; also 18th and 36th), Pasadena (part; also 36th), South Houston

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[7]
2008	President	Obama 65% - 34%
2012	President	Obama 68% - 32%
2014	Senate	Alameel 64% - 36%
	Governor	Davis 66% - 34%
2016	President	Clinton 73% - 23%
2018	Senate	O'Rourke 76% - 24%
	Governor	Valdez 71% - 28%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 73% - 25%
	Attorney General	Nelson 74% - 24%
2020	President	Biden 68% - 31%
	Senate	Hegar 66% - 31%
2022	Governor	O'Rourke 68% - 30%
	Lt. Governor	Collier 66% - 30%
	Attorney General	Mercedes Garza 68% - 30%
	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Dudding 64% - 31%
2024	President	Harris 60% - 39%
	Senate	Allred 64% - 33%

List of members representing the district

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[8]
Sylvia Garcia (Houston)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present Parts of Harris[9]

Election results

U.S. House election, 2004: Texas District 29

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

U.S. House election, 2006: Texas District 29

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

U.S. House election, 2008: Texas District 29

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

U.S. House election, 2010: Texas District 29

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

U.S. House election, 2012: Texas District 29^[10]

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

U.S. House election, 2014: Texas District 29^[11]

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

U.S. House election, 2016: Texas District 29 ^[12]

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

U.S. House election, 2018: Texas District 29^[13]

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

U.S. House election, 2020: Texas District 29^[14]

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

U.S. House election, 2022: Texas District 29^[15]

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

2024

U.S. House election, 2024: Texas District 29

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Garcia (incumbent)	98,842	65.2
	Republican	Alan Garza	52,689	34.8
Total votes			151,531	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

2007–2013

2013–2023

See also

• United States portal
• Texas portal
• Politics portal
• Latino and Hispanic American portal

• List of United States congressional districts