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Texas’s 29th District

U.S. House · TX-29

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 45.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 72.9%

    Sylvia Garcia, incumbent

  • Republican 27.1%

    Martha Fierro

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
TX-29 72.9%27.1%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+18.4 44.2%−17.2

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Sylvia Garcia · Democrat

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Sylvia Garcia 58.2% 30,803 votes
Republican primary Martha Fierro 100.0% 9,633 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Sylvia Garcia

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Martha Fierro

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 35.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 45.8 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 18 62%
  • Former district 29 33%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-2 Republican, competitive
  • TX-18 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-38 Republican, competitive
  • TX-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-8 Republican, safe seat
  • TX-9 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated