Incumbent
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TX-29 Democratic nominee?
$5.2K
MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age75 years old (Sep 6, 1950)
GenderFemale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundPolitician
EducationTexas Woman's University — B.S., 1972
Notable personal detailsSylvia Rodriguez Garcia is a U.S. Representative from Texas, serving Texas's 29th congressional district since 2019. She previously served as a Houston municipal court judge and administrator, Houston City Controller, a member of the Harris County Commissioners Court, and a member of the Texas Senate. She earned degrees from Texas Woman's University and Texas Southern University and has worked as a social worker and lawyer.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports ensuring the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share through stronger IRS enforcement and closing tax loopholes, and emphasizes protecting tax revenue that funds social programs and public services. Has described increased audit and enforcement capacity for high‑income filers as a way to reduce deficits and fund economic priorities while highlighting the economic contributions of workers, including immigrant workers, to tax revenue.
Healthcare
Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding access to health care including Medicaid expansion and immigrant access, and lowering prescription drug costs through legislation and cosponsorships.
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Immigration & Border
Sylvia Garcia consistently supports protections for asylum seekers and Dreamers, sponsors legislation to limit harsh immigration enforcement practices (including preventing shackling of pregnant people in custody), and has joined colleagues to reintroduce the American Dream and Promise Act to provide legal status pathways. She has criticized restrictive executive actions and state-level inhumane border policies and has proposed measures to give localities more discretion to limit federal immigration enforcement in their jurisdictions.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting and expanding access to abortion and reproductive healthcare, including efforts to codify Roe v. Wade and federal protections for contraception. Has cosponsored federal legislation to protect abortion rights and contraception access and has described codifying Roe as necessary.
Climate & Energy
Supports clean energy investment and measures to reduce climate pollution while working with economic growth priorities; has backed major federal laws that fund infrastructure and clean energy manufacturing and supported regional clean energy projects such as a Gulf Coast hydrogen hub. Endorses climate action and environmental justice initiatives but accepts transitional approaches tied to economic and regional energy interests.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports federal gun safety measures including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, red-flag laws, and closing the bump-stock and domestic-abuser loopholes; has cosponsored related legislation and endorsed gun-violence-prevention initiatives.
Polls
TX-29 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$940.9K
$705.7K
$470.5K
$235.2K
$0
2022
2024
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2022
$940.9K
$384.5K
$804.1K
$33.5K
Cycle 2024
$938.0K
$371.8K
$950.7K
$39.6K
Cycle 2026
$903.2K
$175.7K
$1.1M
$73.3K
Source: FEC
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