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Texas District 35 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Texas District 35

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U.S. House, Texas District 35 · Open seat
DEMNominee
Johnny C. Garcia
63%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Carlos De La Cruz
37%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
63% Johnny C. Garcia · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Johnny C. Garcia 63%
REP Carlos De La Cruz 37%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Garcia 47.0% · Cruz 45.0% Normington, Petts & Associates / House Majority PAC · 2026-10-14 · 1 more matchup(s) with the same field end in the table below
Seat lean (Hume PVI) Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Prior result, this seat Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMGarciaREPCruz
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Johnny C. Garcia$2,201,578.83
Carlos De La Cruz$2,021,117.55
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Johnny C. Garcia$2,052,076.08
Carlos De La Cruz$1,708,510.47
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Johnny C. Garcia$149,502.75
Carlos De La Cruz$312,607.08
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Johnny C. Garcia47.0%Normington, Petts & Associates · 2026-10-14
Carlos De La Cruz45.0%Normington, Petts & Associates · 2026-10-14
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Johnny C. GarciaNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Carlos De La CruzNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

3 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-14
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleGarciaCruzOthers
Normington, Petts & Associates2026-10-12 to 2026-10-14LV · n=40047.0%45.0%none
Emerson College2026-10-12 to 2026-10-14LV · n=41751.0%49.0%none
Normington, Petts & Associates2026-08-27 to 2026-08-31LV · n=50044.0%45.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    not available

    Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.

    Prior result, this seat

    not available

    Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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