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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.

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

Texas's 29th congressional district
Texas's 29th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Sylvia Garcia
D–Houston
Distribution
  • 99.94% urban[1]
  • 0.06% rural
Population (2021)685,520[2]
Median household
income		$49,467[3]
Ethnicity
  • 77.09% Hispanic
  • 10.61% Black
  • 9.46% White
  • 2.26% Asian
  • 0.58% Native American
Cook PVID+19[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 18 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.


Cities within the district



Cities wholly in the district



Cities partially in the district



Election results from presidential races


Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 59 - 38%
2004 President Kerry 56 - 44%
2008 President Obama 62 - 38%
2012 President Obama 66 - 33%
2016 President Clinton 71 - 25%
2020 President Biden 66 - 33%

List of members representing the district


Representative
(Residency)		 Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created 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 unknown/missing]
1997–2003
Parts of Harris
2003–2005
Parts of Harris
2005–2013

Parts of Harris
2013–present

Parts of Harris
.
Sylvia Garcia
(Houston)		 Democratic January 3, 2019 –
present		 116th
117th		 Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Election results


US House election, 2004: Texas District 29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 78,256 94.1 -1.0
Libertarian Clifford Messina 4,868 5.9 +1.0
Majority 73,388 88.3
Turnout 83,124
Democratic hold Swing -1.0
US House election, 2006: Texas District 29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 37,174 74% -20,1%
Republican Eric Story 12,347 24% +24%
Majority 24,827 50%
Turnout 49,521
Democratic hold Swing
US House election, 2008: Texas District 29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 79,718 75% +10.4
Republican Eric Story 25,512 24% -10.1%
Majority 54,206 51%
Turnout 105,230
Democratic hold Swing -1.0
US House election, 2010: Texas District 29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 43,185 64.6% -10.4%
Republican Roy Morales 22,756 34.1% +10.1%
Majority 20,399 30.5%
Turnout 65,941
Democratic hold Swing
US House election, 2012: Texas District 29[6]
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
US House election, 2014: Texas District 29[7]
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
US House election, 2016: Texas District 29 [8]
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
US House election, 2018: Texas District 29[9]
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
US House election, 2020: Texas District 29[10]
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

Historical district boundaries


2007 - 2013
2007 - 2013

See also



References


  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. "Political challenge: Revised council redistricting plan offers Hispanics a third majority district." (editorial) Houston Chronicle. Wednesday May 18, 2011. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
  6. "Office of the Secretary of State Race Summary Report 2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. "Texas Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results". Texas Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  8. "2016 General Election, 11/8/2016". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  9. "Texas Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  10. "Texas Election Results - Official Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 26, 2020.


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