Texas's 29th congressional district

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Texas's 29th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district centered in the Houston area, known for its heavily urban, majority-Hispanic population and strong Democratic lean.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
congressional district of Texas
borderingDistrict Texas's 18th congressional district
Texas's 2nd congressional district
Texas's 36th congressional district
Texas's 8th congressional district
Texas's 9th congressional district
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
createdBy redistricting following the 1990 United States census
currentRepresentative Sylvia Garcia
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
districtNumber 29
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
firstCongressRepresented 103rd United States Congress
firstElectionHeld 1992
Gene GreenTermEnd 2019
Gene GreenTermStart 1993
governmentBody United States House of Representatives
hasLanguageMajority Spanish-speaking population
hasRepresentative Gene Green
Sylvia Garcia
inception 1993
includesArea eastern Houston
northern Houston
port and industrial areas near the Houston Ship Channel
locatedIn Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
surface form: "Houston metropolitan area"

Houston, Texas NERFINISHED
lowerHouse United States Congress
majorityDemographic Hispanic
notableCharacteristic high proportion of working-class residents
significant immigrant population
partOf Texas congressional delegation
surface form: "Texas delegation to the United States House of Representatives"
politicalLeaning safe Democratic seat
strongly Democratic
populationCharacteristic heavily urban
majority-Hispanic
representedIn United States House of Representatives
state Texas
Sylvia GarciaTermStart 2019
urbanRuralCharacter predominantly urban
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Texas's 23rd congressional district border Texas's 29th congressional district
Texas congressional districts hasPart Texas's 29th congressional district