State Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez
A Dallas-area attorney first elected in 2025, Rep. Garcia Hernandez represents the Farmers Branch area in House District 115 and serves on the Appropriations and Intergovernmental Affairs committees, where she is Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on State-Federal Relations.
- Term
- Jan. 14, 2025 – Jan. 12, 2027
- Serving since
- 2025
- Seniority
- #120 of 150
- Occupation
- Attorney
- Education
- B.B.A. University of Houston; J.D. South Texas College of Law
- Next election
- Nov. 7, 2028 (primary March 7, 2028)
Contact
Dallas, TX 75244
District
Official House District 115 map (PDF)
- Counties
- Dallas (Part)
- Cities & CDPs
- Addison, Carrollton (Part), Coppell (Part), Dallas (Part), Farmers Branch (Part), Irving (Part), Lewisville (Part)
- Region
- North Texas (DFW)
District Profile
- Hispanic 21.7%
- Anglo 35.2%
- Black 14.0%
- Asian 27.9%
- Other 1.2%
How this district voted
Source: Texas Legislative Council, PLANH2316 reports Red-100 (2020 Census) and Red-206 (2024 general election).
Committees
89th Legislature (2025)
Legislation
89th Legislature (2025)
Biography
Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, first elected in 2025 to represent District 115 in northwest Dallas County, which includes parts of Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Irving, and Lewisville. She is an immigration attorney by profession.
Born in Hereford in the Texas Panhandle, Rep. Garcia Hernandez was raised by her grandparents in a small two-bedroom home in the farming community before moving to North Texas as a teenager to live with her mother and adopted father. She graduated high school early and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston on scholarship before returning to law school at South Texas College of Law in Houston, where she discovered a passion for immigration law and worked on a clinic focused on combating human trafficking.
After law school, Rep. Garcia Hernandez established an immigration department at her family’s law firm and built a Dallas-based legal practice. She received the 2023 Pete Torres Jr. Community Service Award from the State Bar of Texas and was named one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine. She also served as an Ethics Commissioner for the City of Dallas before entering elected office.
For the 89th Legislative Session, Speaker Dustin Burrows appointed Rep. Garcia Hernandez to the House Committee on Appropriations — with a seat on the Subcommittee on Articles VI, VII, & VIII — and to the House Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, where she serves as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on State-Federal Relations.
Biography compiled from public sources. Rep. Garcia Hernandez has not submitted a biography to the
Biography adapted from the official Texas House website.
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Service History
- Texas House, District 115 · 2025–present
