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U.S. Representative · Texas 29th District
Sylvia R. Garcia
DemocratDistrict D+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score24#332 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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 23 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 23 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 539, H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1004 and 18 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 539 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 201ACES Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 41
| Middle |