Congressional District 35

Johnny Garcia has won the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 35th Congressional District, defeating Maureen Galindo in a race that became one of the most closely watched and volatile Democratic contests in Texas.

A Democratic primary runoff in South Central Texas has become one of the most volatile congressional contests in the state, after comments by candidate Maureen Galindo drew condemnation from local Jewish leaders and national Democrats.

The Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 35th Congressional District has drawn heightened attention after the Jewish Federation of San Antonio condemned comments by frontrunner Maureen Galindo as antisemitic.

After the GOP 's mid-decade redistricting, the Texas 35th Congressional District is very different. It's now covering Eastern Bexar County along with Guadalupe, Wilson and Karnes counties. Two candidates are in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat: Bexar County sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia and housing reform activist Maureen Galindo.

Here's the latest on Bexar County, congressional and statehouse races.

Progressive New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared in San Antonio to support congressional candidates Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar.

Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the newly drawn district lines for Congressional District 35.

San Antonio’s former South Side city councilwoman Rebecca Viagran is “seriously considering” a run for congress, she said on Thursday.

Greg Casar will vie to represent Texas’s 35th congressional district, which stretches from East Austin and down I-35 to San Antonio. To run, Casar will have to leave his seat as the representative for Austin City Council District 4.

The 2018 midterm elections feature an open field of candidates in cases where a longstanding officeholder is retiring. It’s also an election in which…