Elections Intelligence

Texas 35th District

OPEN SEAT
TOSS-UP
Johnny Garcia Democratic · Open-seat nominee
KALSHI PARTY MARKETCHECKED Aug 27
DEMOCRAT 64¢REPUBLICAN 40¢
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Carlos De La Cruz Republican · Open-seat nominee
FTP RACE SIGNAL

The market is less sure of this seat than its history is — a 35-point Democratic hold in 2024, priced at 64¢ today.

Toss-up
SAFE DLIKELY DLEAN DTOSS-UPLEAN RLIKELY RSAFE R
Prior result · Safe DD+34.73 in 2024. Market · Toss-upD 64¢ — traders' price for a Democratic hold.
Signal clarityLow — prior and market disagreeas of 2026-08-27
The market moved 6¢ toward the Democrat in the last 7 days.
MARKET BandPRICEToss-up50–65¢Lean65–82¢Likely82–95¢Safe95¢ and above
D 64¢

Kalshi party market · checked Aug 27

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POLLING BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–10Likely10–20Safe20 and above

No qualifying general-election poll has been retrieved for this race.

PRIOR RESULT BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–12Likely12–25Safe25 and above
D+34.73

Greg Casar (D)

67.36 — 32.64 · 2024 general election

def. Steven Wright (R). Margin verified against retrieved official results.

FUNDRAISING BandRATIO TO 1Parity1–5Lean5 and above
1.1 to 1
Johnny Garcia$931.7K
Carlos De La Cruz$1.05M

PULLED 08-04 · PERIOD 06-30 · FEC

Total receipts this cycle. Parity — neither campaign leads by enough for fundraising to take a place on the spectrum.

BALLOT & DATES Primary 03-03 · HELDRunoff 05-26 · HELDGeneral Nov 3, 2026 D settled · R settled COMPARE THE CANDIDATES ⇄