# TX-35 — 2026 U.S. House Race (Tier 2) > [!info] Tier 2 light file > Condensed tracking page. **Promotion trigger met Sept 25, 2026** (Cook moved it to Lean) — candidate for a full Tier 1 dossier. A seat **created red by the 2025 Texas gerrymander**: the Austin-to-San-Antonio district was redrawn to ~**Trump+10** (Cook cites ~R+4 GOP advantage), prompting its Democratic member [[Greg Casar]] to run instead in the safely-blue TX-37. **General election: Carlos De La Cruz (R) vs. Johnny Garcia (D).** Trump-endorsed De La Cruz (brother of Rep. [[Monica De La Cruz]]) beat John Lujan in the May 26 Republican runoff; Garcia, a Bexar County sheriff's deputy, beat Maureen Galindo in the Democratic runoff. Cook moved the seat Likely → **Lean Republican** on Sept 25, 2026. **Ratings:** Cook **Lean Republican** — moved from Likely Republican on **Sept 25, 2026**, one of 15 House races Cook shifted toward Democrats that day (new 2025-map seat). ## Related - [[2026 House Races Hub]] - [[Greg Casar]] — prior member (running in TX-37) - [[TX-15-2026]], [[TX-23-2026]] — other 2025-map Texas seats