Johnny Garcia

Johnny Garcia says he rents because buying a home remains out of reach for him.¹ He grew up on San Antonio's West Side, raised by his mother in a working family.² He remembers his grandmother's Social Security helping put food on the table, an experience he discusses when explaining his opposition to benefit cuts.¹

After Memorial High School, Garcia worked construction while attending St. Philip's community college and joined the Bexar County Sheriff's Office at 21.³ He began in the jail, where he led the Inmate Worker Program, designed to provide job training and help people prepare for release.³ Within six months of moving to patrol, he was selected for the SWAT Crisis Negotiation Team, where he worked as a hostage negotiator.³⁴

His duties subsequently included public information work, crisis communications and community engagement during a career spanning nearly two decades.⁵ He describes his politics as those of an old school Democrat focused on working families, affordable healthcare and public safety.³

His platform promises to oppose tariffs, strengthen healthcare assistance, expand apprenticeships and prohibit congressional stock trading.¹ On immigration, he supports stronger border enforcement alongside work visas and pathways to citizenship, while calling for accountability standards for ICE.¹ He faces Republican Carlos De La Cruz on November 3 for an open seat redrawn after incumbent Greg Casar moved his campaign to the 37th District.⁶⁷