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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Veronica Escobar

Official portrait of Veronica Escobar
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Texas’s 16th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
El Paso, TX
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
ESCOBAR, VERONICA
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the current district highlighted

Texas, District 16

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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 16IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8TX16109 · Principal campaign committee: VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Texas District 16$1,068,096.19General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Texas District 16$1,343,214.49Won the general election (59.54%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Texas District 16$1,295,134.87General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Texas District 16$1,137,105.39General-election nominee
Total raised$1,068,096.19
Total spent$967,172.79
Cash on hand$216,768.02
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $564,112.76PACs and other committees: $503,109.43Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $874.00
  • Individual contributions$564,112.7653%
  • PACs and other committees$503,109.4347%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$874.000%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$38,280.538%
  • Contributions over $200$458,482.0692%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$398,983.9285%
  • Itemized from other states$72,115.0015%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $19,000.00 · California $9,300.00 · Virginia $9,050.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$324K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $250,836.81APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $127,475.62JULY QUARTERLY: raised $172,191.49JULY QUARTERLY: spent $87,352.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $87,110.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $95,217.77YEAR-END: raised $99,356.82YEAR-END: spent $134,465.64PRE-PRIMARY: raised $7,824.91PRE-PRIMARY: spent $43,568.52APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $112,891.87APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $69,714.50JULY QUARTERLY: raised $128,553.67JULY QUARTERLY: spent $146,361.35OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $171,200.41OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $185,075.452025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea279
Voted nay387
Did not vote8 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored23
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored338

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act		PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10845 Port Staffing Reporting Act
    Introduced Oct 19, 2026 · Latest action Oct 19, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
  • H.R. 10550 Nutrition Continuity for Military Families Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the S…
  • H.Res. 1560 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws.
    Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
  • H.R. 10259 DHS Community Consultation Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Latest action Sep 3, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter…
  • H.R. 9848 Military Spouse Employment and Child Care Readiness Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9738 Streamlining Military Infrastructure Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9739 Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9404 VA Home Loan Navigator Act
    Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Latest action Jun 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • H.R. 9403 JROTC POWER Act
    Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Latest action Jun 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.Res. 1327 Supporting the designation of May 2026 as "Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month".
    Introduced May 29, 2026 · Latest action May 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

128 committees reported giving $443,496.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Texas U.S. House, District 16, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Veronica Escobar (D)$1,068,096.19$216,768.022026-10-14
Hector Miguel Cabildo Jr. (R)$10,964.30$5,282.522026-02-11
Deliris Montanez Berrios (dmb) (R)$7,317.48$129.902026-09-30
Manuel Barraza (R)$4,000.00$268.152026-05-06
Adam Bauman (R)$3,293.00$2,857.722026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DSeptember 18, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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