Texas's 29th congressional district

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United States congressional district congressional district of Texas

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 →