Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
Republican · 3 November 2026

Edgardo Rafael Baez

Edgardo Rafael Baez, a Republican attorney, is the party's nominee for Texas's 20th congressional district in 2026, challenging Democratic incumbent Joaquin Castro in the San Antonio-based seat.

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  1. Meet Edgardo Báez, who's running to unseat Rep. Joaquin Castro

    Though he’ll take every seat he can get while trying to hold onto a narrow U.S. House majority, even Speaker of the House Mike Johnson doesn’t seem to have confidence that CD20 is flippable .

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  2. A remapped district all but securing his seat, Rep. Castro focuses on immigration reform and flipping the House

    The article profiles Rep. Lloyd Castor? (likely Lloyd Doggett? No: the provided content mentions Castro, a Texas representative) focusing on his re-election prospects in a remapped district and immigration reform…

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  3. The south Texas races that could decide the House

    The CNBC piece discusses South Texas races that could decide control of the House, focusing on three border districts where Latino voters’ concerns: affordability, immigration, and local issues: could shift support.

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  4. Meet the Republican mounting a longshot bid to topple Rep. Joaquin Castro

    The article profiles a Republican candidate challenging Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro in Texas’ CD-20 (San Antonio area).

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Biography & Campaign Analysis

2026 race

Edgardo Rafael Baez, an attorney, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for Texas's 20th congressional district, which covers downtown San Antonio and extends east to the community of Kirby and west to Leon Valley. Baez was unopposed in the Republican primary, receiving 9,240 votes.

The incumbent, Democrat Joaquin Castro, was re-elected unopposed in 2024 and won his own 2026 primary with 88.2% of the vote against teacher Kendra Wilkerson and professor John Atwood. Baez faces Castro in the general election on November 3, 2026.