Texas's 29th congressional district


Texas's 29th congressional district of the United [States House of Representatives] covers the eastern portion of the Greater Houston area in the state of Texas. The current Representative from the 29th district is Democrat Sylvia Garcia.
The Texas State Legislature established the district as a majority-Hispanic or Latino district. Democrat Gene Green, a non-Hispanic white, won the first election for the district in 1992 and held it for 13 terms. In November 2017, Green announced that he would retire from Congress and would not run for re-election in 2018. Garcia won the election to succeed him.

Composition

For the 118th [United States Congress|118th] and successive Congresses, the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:
Harris 'County' ''''''