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Texas's 16th congressional district

U.S. House district for Texas

Texas's 16th congressional district

U.S. House district for Texas

FieldValue
stateTexas
district number16
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries
representativeVeronica Escobar
partyDemocratic
residenceEl Paso
distribution ref
percent urban98.36
percent rural1.64
population784,072
population year2024
median income$60,456
percent white11.7
percent black2.9
percent asian1.3
percent more than one race1.2
percent hispanic82.1
percent other race0.7
cpviD+11

| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections | percent more than one race = 1.2

Texas's 16th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes almost all of El Paso and most of its suburbs in the state of Texas. The current Representative is Democrat Veronica Escobar.

The district was initially created in 1903. For most of the next six decades, it stretched across 42000 sqmi, from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin (Midland and Odessa) in the east. However, after Texas' original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of Wesberry v. Sanders, the 16th was shrunk down to the city of El Paso (except a sliver in the east) and most of its surrounding suburban communities.

Since the 1990s, the 16th has been the only Democratic bastion in heavily Republican West Texas. While it has been a majority-Hispanic district since the 1970s, only two Hispanics have ever represented it, Silvestre Reyes and Escobar.

Recent election results from statewide races

2023–2027 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 65% - 34%
2012PresidentObama 66% - 34%
2014SenateAlameel 57% - 43%
GovernorDavis 61% - 39%
2016PresidentClinton 68% - 26%
2018SenateO'Rourke 74% - 25%
GovernorValdez 67% - 32%
Lt. GovernorCollier 68% - 29%
Attorney GeneralNelson 69% - 27%
Comptroller of Public AccountsChevalier 66% - 27%
2020PresidentBiden 67% - 32%
SenateHegar 64% - 31%
2022GovernorO'Rourke 64% - 35%
Lt. GovernorCollier 61% - 35%
Attorney GeneralMercedes Garza 63% - 34%
Comptroller of Public AccountsDudding 60% - 35%
2024PresidentHarris 57% - 41%
SenateAllred 58% - 38%

2027–2033 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 66% - 34%
2012PresidentObama 66% - 34%
2014SenateAlameel 57% - 43%
GovernorDavis 62% - 38%
2016PresidentClinton 68% - 26%
2018SenateO'Rourke 74% - 25%
GovernorValdez 67% - 31%
Lt. GovernorCollier 68% - 29%
Attorney GeneralNelson 69% - 27%
Comptroller of Public AccountsChevalier 67% - 27%
2020PresidentBiden 67% - 31%
SenateHegar 64% - 31%
2022GovernorO'Rourke 64% - 35%
Lt. GovernorCollier 61% - 35%
Attorney GeneralMercedes Garza 63% - 34%
Comptroller of Public AccountsDudding 60% - 35%
2024PresidentHarris 57% - 41%
SenateAllred 58% - 37%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:

El Paso County (9)

: Anthony, Canutillo, El Paso (part; also 23rd), Fort Bliss (part; also 23rd), Horizon City (part; also 23rd), Prado Verde, Sparks, Socorro (part; also 23rd), Vinton, Westway

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
essElectoral history
District established March 4, 1903
[[File:William Robert Smith.jpg100px]]
William Robert Smith
(Colorado)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1917Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Lost renomination.
[[File:BLANTON, THOMAS L. HONORABLE LCCN2016859739 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Thomas L. Blanton
(Abilene)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919Elected in 1916.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:ClaudeBentonHudspeth.jpg100px]]
Claude Hudspeth
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1931Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Retired.
[[File:R. Ewing Thomason.jpg100px]]
R. Ewing Thomason
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1931 –
July 31, 1947Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Resigned to become U.S. District Judge.
VacantnowrapJuly 31, 1947 –
August 23, 1947
[[File:KennethMRegan.jpg100px]]
Kenneth M. Regan
(Midland)DemocraticnowrapAugust 23, 1947 –
January 3, 1955Elected to finish Thomason's term.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost renomination.
[[File:J. T. Rutherford.jpg100px]]
J. T. Rutherford
(Odessa)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Ed Foreman, 1963.jpg100px]]
Ed Foreman
(Odessa)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965Elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Richard Crawford White.jpg100px]]
Richard C. White
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1983Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.
[[File:Ronald Coleman.jpg100px]]
Ronald D. Coleman
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1997Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired.
[[File:Silvestre Reyes, Official Portrait, c112th Congress.jpg100px]]
Silvestre Reyes
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2013Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Beto O'Rourke, Official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped 3).jpg100px]]
Beto O'Rourke
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2019Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
[[File:Veronica Escobar official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg100px]]
Veronica Escobar
(El Paso)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2019 –
presentElected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent elections

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

Historical district boundaries

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References

References

  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)".
  2. "My Congressional District: Congressional District 16 (119th Congress), Texas".
  3. "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  4. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1c2c1e0d-2fd1-43a8-a039-73e7023124d1
  5. "DRA 2020".
  6. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST48/CD118_TX01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST48/CD118_TX16.pdf]
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