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Sylvia Garcia
On the ballot for · 2-year term
Currently holds this office
Background
- Now
- U.S. Representative, Texas Congressional District 29
- Before
- Director and Presiding Judge, Houston Municipal System (five terms under two mayors); City Controller, City of Houston (elected 1998); Harris County Commissioner's Court; Texas State Senate, Senate District 6 (sworn in March 11, 2013)
- Work
- Social worker and legal aid lawyer (early career); Doctor of Jurisprudence, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University
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In their own words
Quoted from Sylvia Garcia’s own official campaign material — what the campaign says the candidate will do. Some campaigns write about their candidate in the third person; the wording is theirs either way. These are the candidate’s claims: PlainDocket doesn’t check, rate or endorse them, and every candidate in a race is quoted the same way, from the same kind of source.
“The children of Texas can do anything.”
“When all is said and done, there is no doubt Sylvia Garcia has dedicated her life to her community and to public service.”
“Our democracy is under attack, and Sylvia has always stood on the front lines to defend it.”
“Sylvia Garcia fights for fair, compassionate immigration policies rooted in moral conviction, not political convenience.”
Where the money comes from
$987,402$987,402 in total receipts, through Jun 30, 2026 — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary raised, through Jun 30, 2026
Individuals 34% · PACs & committees 66%Bands are shares of the $986K$986,248 attributed to a named source — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary the filing attributes to a named source. Total receipts also include transfers, loans and refunds, which aren’t donations, so these don’t add up to the figure above.
By size of gift
6%<$200
4%$200–499
11%$500–999
26%$1k–1.9k
53%$2k+
Share of the $335K$335,198 the filing breaks out by gift size — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary broken out by gift size. Gifts under $200 aren’t itemised individually, so they appear as one combined figure — that is how the filing reports them, not a rounding of ours.
Official filing:
- These lines don't add up to total receipts — receipts also include transfers, self-loans and offsets, which aren't donations.
- Corporations cannot give directly to federal candidates. Any employer information the FEC publishes is self-reported by individual donors, not a corporate gift.
- Filing is quarterly. The figures above are current only through the coverage date shown, which can be several months old depending on where a candidate is in the filing cycle.
Official records
We searched the registries below and found no record for Sylvia Garcia.
Checked 28 July 2026: Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders). The same registries are searched for every candidate in a race, and each entry describes only what the record itself states — including how it ended. We publish no allegations and no news coverage.
- The Texas Ethics Commission is required by law to keep dismissed complaints, and findings it treats as technical or minor, confidential — so no result there means no publicly-issued final order, not that no complaint was ever filed.
- A State Bar profile shows public disciplinary history the Bar publishes online; older judgments are held by its disciplinary counsel and aren't in that profile.
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