The TX-35 race centers on a newly redrawn, majority-Hispanic district stretching from San Antonio eastward that Trump carried by roughly 10 points in 2024 after Republican mid-decade redistricting removed the prior Democratic incumbent. Democrat Johnny Garcia, a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy running as a moderate law-and-order candidate, and Republican Carlos De La Cruz, an Air Force veteran and Trump-backed nominee who is the brother of a neighboring GOP House member, advanced from May runoffs. Recent developments include a late-September/early-October candidate forum on affordability, immigration enforcement, and tariffs, plus Trump’s San Antonio appearance for De La Cruz. Outside spending from both parties has been heavy, and trader pricing at 59% for Garcia versus 40.5% for De La Cruz reflects the district’s structural Republican lean offset by economic pressures and shifting Latino voter patterns that have kept the contest competitive heading into early voting.