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U.S. Representative · Texas 29th District
Sylvia R. Garcia
DemocratDistrict D+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score50#153 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Sylvia R. Garcia’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2419 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4329
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1329, H.R. 1422, H.R. 2853 and 2 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumMost liberal House DemocratDW-NOMINATE -0.764 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.371 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.764 (party median -0.393; rank 212 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on EthicsMinority · 4th in seniority
- House Committee on Financial ServicesMinority · 18th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Garcia← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.764 is 0.37 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2483SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 68
| Middle |
| H.R. 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 |