Delia Garza

Democratic Party

Travis County Attorney

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

Predecessor:David Escamilla (D)

Prior offices:

Austin City Council District 2

Years in office: 2015 - 2021

Successor:Vanessa Fuentes (Nonpartisan)

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Texas A&M University

Law

Gonzaga University

Personal

Profession

Attorney and Firefighter

Delia Garza (Democratic Party) is theTravis County Attorney in Texas. Garza assumed office on January 1, 2021. Garza's current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Garza (Democratic Party) ran for re-election forTravis County Attorney in Texas. Garza won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Garza holds a B.S. in journalism from Texas A&M University and aJ.D. from Gonzaga University.^[1]

From 2011 to 2014, Garza worked as an assistant attorney general. Her professional experience also includes work as a law clerk for the Texas Civil Rights Project and as a firefighter with the Austin Fire Department.^[1]

As of her run for re-election in 2016, Garza was the chair of the Austin City Council's Public Utilities and Regional Affordability Committees and the vice-chair of the Open Space, Environment & Sustainability Committee. She was also a member of the city council's Austin Energy Utility Oversight, Health and Human Services, and Mobility Committees and of the intergovernmental Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Committees.^[2]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Travis County Attorney

IncumbentDelia Garza won election in the general election for Travis County Attorney on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Delia Garza (D)	100.0	396,347

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Travis County Attorney

IncumbentDelia Garza advanced from the Democratic primary for Travis County Attorney on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Delia Garza	100.0	75,155

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Endorsements

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2020)

General election

The general election was canceled.Delia Garza won election in the general election for Travis County Attorney.

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Travis County Attorney

Delia Garza defeatedLaurie Eiserloh in the Democratic primary runoff for Travis County Attorney on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Delia Garza	56.5	68,258
		Laurie Eiserloh	43.5	52,603

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 120,861 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Travis County Attorney

Laurie Eiserloh andDelia Garza advanced to a runoff. They defeatedMike Edward Denton andDominic Selvera in the Democratic primary for Travis County Attorney on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laurie Eiserloh	42.2	78,217
✔		Delia Garza	38.9	72,135
	Submit photo	Mike Edward Denton	11.4	21,067
	Submit photo	Dominic Selvera	7.5	13,950

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 185,369
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2016

See also:Municipal elections in Austin, Texas (2016)

The city ofAustin, Texas, held elections forcity council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 22, 2016. Five of the ten city council seats were up for election.^[3] IncumbentDelia Garza defeatedCasey Ramos andWesley Faulkner in the Austin City Council District 2 general election.^[4]

Austin City Council, District 2 General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Delia GarzaIncumbent	65.17%	9,775
Casey Ramos	19.61%	2,941
Wesley Faulkner	15.22%	2,283
Total Votes		14,999
Source:"Travis County", "Travis County Election Results", accessed November 8, 2016

Endorsements

Garza received endorsements from the following in 2016:^[5]

2014

See also:Austin, Texas municipal elections, 2014

The city of Austin held elections forcity council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Because of redistricting and term limits, there was no incumbent for District 2.^[6]Delia Garza defeatedMike Owen,Edward A. Reyes andJohn C. Sheppard.^[7][8]

Austin City Council, District 2, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Delia Garza	65.8%	5,576
Edward A. Reyes	15.6%	1,325
John C. Sheppard	10.5%	887
Mike Owen	8.1%	691
Total Votes		8,479
Source:Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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2016

Garza's 2016 campaign website highlighted the following issues:

2014

Garza's 2014 campaign website listed the same issues she emphasized in her 2016 campaign.^[11]

Personal

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Garza was the first Latina elected to the Austin City Council.^[12] She and her husband, Ramiro Martinez Jr., have a daughter, Lourdes.^[13]

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