Texas's 16th congressional district
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.
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 773,386[2] | ||
Median household income | $53,477[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+17[3] |
The district was initially created in 1903. For most of the next six decades, it stretched across 42,000 square miles (110,000 km2), 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.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Gore 59 - 41% |
2004 | President | Kerry 56 - 44% |
2008 | President | Obama 66 - 33% |
2012 | President | Obama 64 - 35% |
2016 | President | Clinton 67 - 27% |
2020 | President | Biden 66 - 32% |
List of members representing the district
Recent elections
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) | 61,116 | 78.67 | |
Libertarian | Gordon Strickland | 16,572 | 21.33 | |
Total votes | 77,688 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) | 130,375 | 82.14 | |
Independent | Ben Mendoza | 16,348 | 10.30 | |
Libertarian | Mette Baker | 12,000 | 7.56 | |
Total votes | 158,723 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) | 49,301 | 58.08 | |
Republican | Tim Besco | 31,051 | 36.58 | |
Libertarian | Bill Collins | 4,319 | 5.09 | |
Write-in | 221 | 0.26 | ||
Total votes | 84,892 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 101,403 | 65.42 | |
Republican | Barbara Carrasco | 51,043 | 32.93 | |
Libertarian | Junart Sodoy | 2,559 | 1.65 | |
Total votes | 155,005 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 49,338 | 67.49 | |
Republican | Corey Roen | 21,324 | 29.17 | |
Libertarian | Jaime Pérez | 2,443 | 3.34 | |
Total votes | 73,105 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beto O'Rourke (incumbent) | 150,228 | 85.73 | |
Libertarian | Jaime Pérez | 17,491 | 9.98 | |
Green | Mary Gourdoux | 7,510 | 4.29 | |
Total votes | 175,229 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Veronica Escobar | 124,437 | 68.46 | |
Republican | Rick Seeberger | 49,127 | 27.03 | |
Independent | Ben Mendoza | 8,147 | 4.48 | |
Total votes | 181,754 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Veronica Escobar (incumbent) | 154,108 | 64.72 | |
Republican | Irene Armendariz-Jackson | 84,006 | 35.28 | |
Total votes | 238,114 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Veronica Escobar (incumbent) | 95,510 | 63.46 | |
Republican | Irene Armendariz-Jackson | 54,986 | 36.54 | |
Total votes | 150,496 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
References
- "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". United States Census Bureau.
- "My Congressional District: Congressional District 16 (118th Congress), Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present