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Sylvia R. Garcia

Sylvia R. Garcia

Democratic · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

  • Representative TX-29 2019–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for Texas's 29th congressional district since 2019
  • role Previously represented the 6th district in the Texas Senate
  • background Lawyer by profession
  • background Born September 6, 1950

Campaign finance

2020 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-29 · 2026 General Election

  • $856,156 raised
  • $795,553 spent
  • $247,599 cash on hand
$856.16K
$855.55K
$227.32K
Itemized (≥ $200)$203.62K
Unitemized (< $200)$23.70K
Party committees$432.72
Other committees (PACs)$627.80K
Offsets to expenditures$1.50
Other receipts$599.57
$795.55K
Operating expenditures$487.83K
Loan repayments$35.00K
Contribution refunds$2.17K
Other disbursements$270.56K
Cash on hand$247.60K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2020 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2020)

Finance updated: Jul 24, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Sylvia R. Garcia campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$1,249,437$1,062,441$186,996
2020$856,156$795,553$247,599
2022$940,934$804,062$384,472
2024$938,007$950,725$371,754
2026$987,402$1,158,184$200,973

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 95.2%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 20
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 394 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 20 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 99%
    Party-unity voting →

    votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 415 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 1%
    Cross-party voting →

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 4
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Sylvia R. Garcia. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

95.2%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −4.8 pts below median

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (4)

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $2,010,594. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $31,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $30,000
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & $30,000
  • EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION-MOBIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $27,500 · Energy
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $27,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $26,112
  • MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE $25,000
  • INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $25,000
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $25,000
  • CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $25,000 · Finance

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • HILLCO PARTNERS LLC $9,900
  • THE GOODMAN CORPORATION $6,800
  • LANIER LAW FIRM $6,609
  • ARNOLD & ITKIN LLP $6,600
  • MEM &ASSOCIATES, INC. $6,600
  • GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP $6,600
  • BAKER WOTRING LLP $6,600
  • KATIES SEAFOOD $4,300
  • VITAL ALLERGY & ASTHMA CENTER $3,500
  • NULL $3,500

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $562,231 supporting · $0 opposing · 4 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $22 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Garcia, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — finance coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, which oversees the finance sector, and received 72 PAC contributions from finance-sector political action committees totaling $247,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services — Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, which oversees the technology sector, and received 6 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $9,090 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Garcia most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Garcia connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1481Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HRES 1483Expressing support for the recognition of August 17 through August 23, 2026, as "Warehouse Worker Recognition Week", celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10045Protect American Values ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10040No TSA Data for ICE ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9904Deputy Darren Almendarez ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9824Daycare Not Detentions Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9752Protecting Home-Based Care for Rural Veterans Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9647To prohibit the National Science Foundation from obligating or expending Federal funds to descope or decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative instruments, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HRES 1414Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1589) to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.sponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9540Community Housing Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1409Recognizing the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States of America and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to the Nation's founding ideals of liberty, equality, and opportunity for all immigrant communities in the United States.cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9473Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9457Diversity Visa Protection and Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9448Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9417Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HRES 1380Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9377Protecting America’s Herds ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9380Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9331STOP Payments Fraud Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HRES 1375Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9289Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

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