Texas 29th State Senate District
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2004 | +10.4% |
| 2008 | +30.0% |
| 2012 | +29.7% |
| 2016 | +39.7% |
| 2020 | +32.1% |
| 2024 | +12.7% |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Swing | vs U.S. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 55.6%Harris149,479 | 42.9%Trump115,462 | 1.5% | D+12.7 | R+19.4 | D+14.1 | 268,866 | |
| D | 65.5%Biden185,727 | 33.4%Trump94,784 | 1.0% | D+32.1 | R+7.6 | D+27.6 | 283,477 | |
| D | 67.0%Clinton155,441 | 27.3%Trump63,267 | 5.8% | D+39.7 | D+10.0 | D+37.6 | 232,077 | |
| D | 64.1%Obama120,256 | 34.4%Romney64,491 | 1.5% | D+29.7 | R+0.3 | D+25.9 | 187,631 | |
| D | 64.6%Obama129,571 | 34.6%McCain69,375 | 0.9% | D+30.0 | D+19.6 | D+22.7 | 200,655 | |
| D | 54.8%Kerry101,727 | 44.5%Bush82,473 | 0.7% | D+10.4 | — | D+12.8 | 185,510 |
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in Harris County, SD-29 is one of Texas's most reliably Democratic state senate districts, with a heavily Latino and working-class electorate that has consistently backed statewide Democratic candidates by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 19.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.7 points.
A population of 917,988, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,692 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 21 and State Senate District 19.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Texas 29th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/48029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.