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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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1422 Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime 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 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3482Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 57
| Middle |