Texas's 29th congressional district of the

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covers the eastern portion of the

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area in the state of

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. The current Representative from the 29th district is Democrat

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. The Texas State Legislature established the district as a majority-Hispanic or Latino district. Democrat

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, a non-Hispanic white, won the first election for the district in 1992 and held it for 18 terms.Political challenge: Revised council redistricting plan offers Hispanics a third majority district
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''. Wednesday May 18, 2011. Retrieved on November 5, 2011. 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.

Cities within the district

Cities wholly in the district

* Galena Park * Jacinto City *

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Cities partially in the district

* Baytown (prior to 2013 redistricting) *

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* Pasadena

Election results from presidential races

List of members representing the district

Election results

Historical district boundaries

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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