Riding profile

TX-35

US House district — TX · Mixed · us tx

The question

TX-35: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

TX-35, a mixed riding in TX, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 53% vote share, against 47% for the Democrats, and the riding remains competitive.

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Galindo, Maureen

  • Democrat Challenger

    Garcia, Johnny

  • Democrat Challenger

    Lira, John

  • Democrat Challenger

    Masterson-Moyes, Whitney

  • Republican Challenger

    Adams, Randal Haskel

  • Republican Challenger

    Cortez, Joshua

  • Republican Challenger

    De La Cruz, Carlos Jr.

  • Republican Challenger

    Furman, Jay Commander

  • Republican Challenger

    Hicks-Callaway, Vanessa F.

  • Republican Challenger

    Krause, Ryan P

  • Republican Challenger

    Lujan, John

  • Republican Challenger

    Wright, Steven William

Current forecast

Republican

Competitive

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
6.0
P(close race)
35%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 53.0%
  • Democrat 47.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereTX-35 53.0%47.0%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +6.3 51.9% −4.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
14.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.8 pts

Redistricting impact

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn under the 2025-2026 mid-decade redistricting. Composition by inherited old-district share:

  • Congressional District 15 (48015) 74%
  • Congressional District 28 (48028) 17%
  • Congressional District 23 (48023) 6%
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026