Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the current district highlighted

Texas, District 16

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

DemocraticU.S. House · Texas District 16IncumbentWon the general election (59.54%)

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$1,343,214.49
Total spent$1,474,082.52
Cash on hand$115,844.62
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $688,375.63PACs and other committees: $653,087.34Party committees: $31.30Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $179.88Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,540.34
  • Individual contributions$688,375.6351%
  • PACs and other committees$653,087.3449%
  • Party committees$31.300%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$179.880%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,540.340%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

194 committees reported giving $648,542.00 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, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Veronica Escobar (D)$1,343,214.49$115,844.622024-12-31
Irene Armendariz-Jackson (R)$64,300.34$0.002024-12-31
Deliris Montanez Berrios (dmb) (W)$45,942.07$500.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailySeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJune 14, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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