Johnny Garcia
TX-35
Supported stronger oversight of data-center development
- I’ll work to modernize our energy supply and prevent data centers from taking advantage of us, so that you pay lower utility bills.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Massive tech companies shouldn’t be allowed to come in and build loud, sprawling data centers that drain our water and raise utility costs. I’ll always stand up for working Texans, and make sure we aren’t stuck paying the bill for these out of state tech companies.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
there definitely has to be some sort of check on these data centersVideo, September 14, 2026
Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs
Massive tech companies shouldn’t be allowed to come in and build loud, sprawling data centers that drain our water and raise utility costs. I’ll always stand up for working Texans, and make sure we aren’t stuck paying the bill for these out of state tech companies.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Enforceable water, energy, and community protections
Massive tech companies shouldn’t be allowed to come in and build loud, sprawling data centers that drain our water and raise utility costs. I’ll always stand up for working Texans, and make sure we aren’t stuck paying the bill for these out of state tech companies.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare
We should expand what Medicare covers — to include dental and vision and hearing — and I’ll oppose any plan to privatize Social Security.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage
In Congress, one of my first priorities will be restoring the healthcare tax credits and Medicaid funding that Republicans cut -- all so they could give tax breaks to billionaires.Post on X, October 4, 2026
Called for lowering prescription-drug prices
Congress must pass legislation strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid, lowering prescription drug costs, and increasing mental health services so that no one is forced to choose between their health and their financial stability.News story, October 26, 2026
- I’ll crack down on Big Pharma companies that price gouge patients so that we lower drug costs across the board.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for expanding Medicaid
Congress must pass legislation strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid, lowering prescription drug costs, and increasing mental health services so that no one is forced to choose between their health and their financial stability.News story, October 26, 2026
Called for restoring ACA subsidies
That means ending the Trump tariffs, renewing ACA subsidies to make healthcare more affordable, investing in apprenticeships and job training programs, and supporting small business.News story, October 26, 2026
how urgently we need Congress to lower everyday costs, restore the ACA tax credits, and end this warPost on X, October 26, 2026
I am committed to building an economy that works for working and middle-class families. That means ending the Trump tariffs, renewing ACA subsidies to make healthcare more affordable, investing in apprenticeships and job training programs, and supporting small business.News story, October 8, 2026
Adding dental, vision, and/or hearing to Medicare
We should expand what Medicare covers — to include dental and vision and hearing — and I’ll oppose any plan to privatize Social Security.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence
Getting big, dark, and foreign money out of our politics and empowering small donorsJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress
I’ll work with anybody to make sure that we are tackling corruption by ending congressional stock tradingNews story, October 13, 2026
And I'll work with anybody to make sure that we are tackling corruption by ending congressional stock trading, that we are fightingInterview, October 13, 2026
Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules
Strengthening ethics, transparency, and accountability laws for public officialsJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office
We need to hold Trump accountable for all the corruption we've gotten to see, for all the self-enrichment his family has earned under the two years that they've been in officeNews story, October 2, 2026
Reforming the Supreme Court
requiring an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme CourtJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Signed the October 26, 2026 joint letter calling for a Supreme Court ethics code.
Require an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme Court.Joint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Called for a Supreme Court ethics code or enforceable ethics rules
Signed the October 26, 2026 joint letter calling for a Supreme Court ethics code.
Require an ethical code of conduct for the US Supreme Court.Joint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs
We need to end the Trump tariffs to lower costs and protect the 1 in 5 jobs in Texas that depend on trade.News story, October 26, 2026
That means ending the Trump tariffs, renewing ACA subsidies to make healthcare more affordable, investing in apprenticeships and job training programs, and supporting small business.News story, October 26, 2026
- We need to end reckless tariffs that have driven up the price of everything from coffee to tomatoes to appliances.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for stopping price gouging
- I’ll crack down on Big Pharma companies that price gouge patients so that we lower drug costs across the board.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for making child care more affordable
I’ll fight for a Child Tax Credit that helps families keep more in their pocket each month and for investments in child care.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for lowering household utility bills
- I’ll work to modernize our energy supply and prevent data centers from taking advantage of us, so that you pay lower utility bills.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies
- We must end the war in Iran so that we lower gas prices.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Named policies to lower child-care costs: universal child care, public funding or subsidies, or caps on family costs
I’ll fight for a Child Tax Credit that helps families keep more in their pocket each month and for investments in child care.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Public funding, subsidies, or child-care tax credits
I’ll fight for a Child Tax Credit that helps families keep more in their pocket each month and for investments in child care.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies
- I’ll work to modernize our energy supply and prevent data centers from taking advantage of us, so that you pay lower utility bills.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies
- I’ll work to modernize our energy supply and prevent data centers from taking advantage of us, so that you pay lower utility bills.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights
As a dues-paying member of the Sheriff's Association, I understand firsthand what unions fight for: fair wages, safe working conditions, collective bargaining rights, and retirement security. In Congress, I'll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working families to fight for workers' rights, good wages, affordable healthcare, and stronger labor protections.News story, January 28, 2026
Called for making housing more affordable
- I’ll crackdown on big private equity companies buying up homes, make sure home construction is efficient and fast here in Texas, and find ways to drive down the costs of the materials needed for construction so that new homes are more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called for restricting corporate, private equity, and hedge fund purchases of homes
- I’ll crackdown on big private equity companies buying up homes, make sure home construction is efficient and fast here in Texas, and find ways to drive down the costs of the materials needed for construction so that new homes are more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity
- I’ll crackdown on big private equity companies buying up homes, make sure home construction is efficient and fast here in Texas, and find ways to drive down the costs of the materials needed for construction so that new homes are more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2025
Supported protecting or expanding abortion access
That decision doesn't need to be in the hands of a man. It should be with with a woman and their doctor.Video, May 12, 2026
Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement
We should make sure that Border Patrol has what they need to keep our border secure and ICE should be focused on criminals and held to the same standard as police. We need comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security, pathways to citizenship, and work visas that meet our economyCampaign website, October 8, 2025
There needs to be some accountability measuresNews story, October 2, 2026
they didn't want a high schooler that was two weeks away from graduating in Travis County that was coming home from his shift at Popeye's being stopped, locked up, and thrown in a detention centerInterview, October 5, 2026
Stronger enforcement accountability
We should make sure that Border Patrol has what they need to keep our border secure and ICE should be focused on criminals and held to the same standard as police. We need comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security, pathways to citizenship, and work visas that meet our economyCampaign website, October 8, 2025
There needs to be some accountability measuresNews story, October 2, 2026
Supporting a path to citizenship
We should make sure that Border Patrol has what they need to keep our border secure and ICE should be focused on criminals and held to the same standard as police. We need comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security, pathways to citizenship, and work visas that meet our economyCampaign website, October 8, 2025
Comprehensive immigration reform includes border security and knowing who enters our country, orderly pathways to citizenship, work visas and meeting our economic needs, funding our immigration courts and removing backlogsNews story, October 26, 2026
Supported stronger checks on executive power
Congress has failed to hold this administration in check, and by failing to do so, they have weakened the very institutions that protect our liberties. Reasserting Congress’ role should start with tariffs, as regulating commerce with foreign nations starts with Congress.News story, October 26, 2026
make a change, uh we're going to get to see some erosion of our everyday essentials, the checks and balances that Congress should be having uh when they want to wage war in Iran.Interview, September 18, 2026
And my message to them that day was, look, uh you may get tired of hearing that, but we're in another point in in our nation where if we don't make a change, uh we're going to get to see some erosion of our everyday essentials, the checks and balances that Congress should be having uh when they want to wage war in Iran.Interview, September 18, 2026
Banning partisan gerrymandering
Ending partisan gerrymanderingJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Supported strengthening voting rights
protecting the right to voteJoint candidate letter (Defend the Vote), October 26, 2026
Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it
- We must end the war in Iran so that we lower gas prices.Campaign website, October 8, 2025