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Texas’s 35th District

U.S. House · TX-35

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 55% chance of winning, with an average lead of 6.7 points.

Toss-up. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 46%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 50.6%

    Carlos De La Cruz

  • Democrat 49.5%

    Johnny C. Garcia

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
TX-35 50.6%49.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+6.3 54.5%−5.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Primary results

Held May 26, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Johnny C. Garcia 63.8% 13,017 votes
Republican primary Carlos De La Cruz 57.6% 18,927 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Johnny C. Garcia

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Carlos De La Cruz

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 14.8 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 6.7 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 15 74%
  • Former district 28 17%
  • Former district 23 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • TX-20 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-21 Republican, competitive
  • TX-37 Democrat, safe seat
  • TX-15 Democrat, toss-up
  • TX-27 Republican, competitive
  • TX-28 Democrat, 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