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Texas House race, District 29

Sylvia Garcia holds this seat and is running to keep it against Martha Fierro.

The November ballot

Garcia
$987K
Fierro
-

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Sylvia Garcia

Democrat · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

The primary · 52,884 votes

  • Sylvia GarciaWon58.2%30,803
  • Jarvis Johnson35.7%18,881
  • Robert Slater6.1%3,200

Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.2M
Outside money
$562K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Garcia$562K
Opposing Garcia-
Supporting Fierro-
Opposing Fierro-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%from small donors
Small donors
2%$16K
Large donors
32%$319K
Bundled
--
PACs
66%$651K
Other
<1%$1K

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 4 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

D+31 in 2024

  • Sylvia R. GarciaWon65.3%
  • Alan Garza34.7%

152,209 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
753K
Median household income
$55K
Unemployment
7.8%
Living below the poverty line
22.8%
Without health insurance
32.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.