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Democrat
Jarvis Johnson
TX-29 Democratic nominee?
$5.2K
MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer State Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age54 years old (Sep 27, 1971)
GenderMale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundPolitician
EducationTexas Southern University — B.S., Speech Communication (1996)
Notable personal detailsJarvis Diallo Johnson is a Democratic politician and former member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he represented District 139 after winning a 2016 special election. He previously served on the Houston City Council representing District B and later as an at-large council member. He earned a communications degree from Texas Southern University and has also been described publicly as an entrepreneur. He is a candidate for U.S. House in Texas’s 29th Congressional District.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Healthcare
Supports treating healthcare as a fundamental right; pledges to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, expand access to affordable care, and lower prescription drug costs while directing federal resources to community clinics and hospitals.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting and restoring reproductive rights and access to abortion care. Condemns Texas abortion restrictions and has pledged to uphold reproductive rights in office. Identified by advocacy groups as a defender of abortion access.
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Climate & Energy
The candidate’s campaign platform includes infrastructure investments that mention rebuilding after floods and investing in green energy and resilience. As a state legislator he filed bills related to environmental controls for concrete batch plants and sought stronger buffer zones and community protections around such facilities, indicating support for regulatory measures and local environmental protections while not endorsing Green New Deal–style, maximal fossil-fuel phaseout language on his campaign platform.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports expanded gun safety measures including raising the purchase age for certain firearms, banning assault-style rifles/high-capacity magazines, and narrow risk-based firearm restrictions (red-flag style) while also emphasizing public-safety and trained school safety officers.
Polls
TX-29 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$142.1K
$106.6K
$71.1K
$35.5K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$142.1K
$71.0K
$47.7K
$3.4K
Source: FEC
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