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2026 Texas House race, District 35

Johnny Garcia (Democrat) and Carlos De La Cruz (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Texas District 35, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Texas Secretary of State.

The November ballot

The seat

Greg Casar

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 37

Not on the November ballot

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  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

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How they won the primary

First round · 54,856 votes

  • Maureen Galindo: 29.2% 16,009
  • Johnny Garcia: 27.0% 14,836
  • Whitney Masterson-Moyes: 23.4% 12,825
  • John Lira: 20.4% 11,186

The runoff · 20,391 votes

  • Johnny Garcia Won: 63.8% 13,017
  • Maureen Galindo: 36.2% 7,374

Primary source: Texas Secretary of State official Democratic primary results. Runoff source: Texas Secretary of State official Democratic primary-runoff results.

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$4M
Outside money
$14M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Garcia$4M
Opposing Garcia$3.2M
Supporting De La Cruz$3.6M
Opposing De La Cruz$937K

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $1.9M of the race's $14M was spent on candidates not listed here.

Where each candidate's money comes from

30%$283KSmall donors$242K23%
46%$426KLarge donors$524K50%
23%$210KPACs$195K19%
<1%$5.2KParty--
--Self-funding$53K5%
<1%$8.1KOther$35K3%

Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 22 groups

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

Not on the November ballot

12 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.

The district

Census context
People
819K
Median household income
$73K
Unemployment
5.7%
Living below the poverty line
16.3%
Without health insurance
17.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

How this seat voted last time

D+35 in 2024

  • Greg Casar Won: 67.4%
  • Steven Wright: 32.6%

253,119 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.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between April 15, 2026 and July 8, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.