Sylvia Garcia
Democrat Representative of Texas's 29th district
Representative
Texas, district 29
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Texas, district 29
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Texas, district 29
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
3
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
September 6, 1950 (74 years old)
Birthday
- American lawyer and politician, serving as a U.S. representative since 2019
- Previously represented the 6th district in the Texas Senate
- Born and raised in Texas, the eighth of ten children in a Mexican American family
- Graduated from Texas Woman's University with a degree in social work and later received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
- Appointed as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal System in the early 1980s, serving five terms under two mayors
- Became Houston city controller in 1998
- Elected to the Harris County Commissioner's Court in 2002, the first woman and first Latina to hold that post in her own right
- Defeated in 2010 for reelection to the Harris County Commissioner's Court
- Won a special election runoff for the Texas Senate in 2013, serving until 2018
- Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, winning the election and becoming one of the first Latina congresswomen from Texas
- Selected as one of seven House impeachment managers for President Donald Trump's trial in 2020
- Serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on the Judiciary, among others
- Member of several caucuses, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Equality Caucus, and Congressional Progressive Caucus
- Voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress
- Supports the Equality Act and voted for it in 2019
- Among the 46 Democrats who voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
- Roman Catholic