Veronica Escobar

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Veronica Escobar is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in TX-16 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American politician (born 1969)

IncumbentU.S. House — TX-16DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-VS7-WBVS FEC H8TX16109

Running for U.S. House, TX-16, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/veronica-escobar

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Veronica Escobar — Photo — Photo · U.S. House of Representatives - Office of the Clerk · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Veronica Escobar — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TX-16 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2026 · State House / Assembly, TX District U_S_16 · Primary · Democratic · won · 54,031 votes (100.0%) · incumbent · source
2024 · U.S. House, TX-16 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, TX-16 · General · Democratic · won · 95,510 votes (63.5%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, TX-16 · General · Democratic · won · 154,108 votes (64.7%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, TX-16 · General · Democratic · won · 124,437 votes (68.5%) · source

Background

Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, based in El Paso, since 2019.

A member of the Democratic Party, she served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Escobar

Campaign finance

$1,029,967total raised (2026 cycle)

$889,231total spent (2026 cycle)

$256,580cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-15 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Escobar
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52274267
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8TX16109/
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veronica_Escobar_(TX-16).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veronica_Escobar_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(1).jpg
photo_gallery — https://escobar.house.gov
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veronica_Escobar_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(cropped).jpg

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