Oscar Longoria grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, put himself through the University of Texas at Austin, then UT Law School, and came home to open his own law practice in the district he now represents.
Longoria is a Mission-based attorney serving his seventh term representing House District 35 (Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, including McAllen, Edinburg, Weslaco, Peñitas and Brownsville). He has chaired the House Business & Industry Committee and previously served as Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Before the Legislature he served on the board of South Texas College and the Agua Special Utility District.
Longoria’s take on Texas values
Longoria voted against the August 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting map, redrawn at President Trump's urging to help Republicans win more U.S. House seats. [Texas House record vote #30; 8/20/2025]