Texas's 16th congressional district

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United States congressional district congressional district

Texas's 16th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district centered on El Paso in far West Texas, known for its predominantly urban, heavily Hispanic population and strong Democratic lean.

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Texas's 16th congressional district canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
congressional district ⓘ
abbreviation TX-16 ⓘ
adjacentToCity Ciudad Juárez ⓘ
borderCountry Mexico ⓘ
borderFeature Rio Grande ⓘ
borderState Chihuahua ⓘ
borderType land border with Mexico ⓘ
centeredOn El Paso ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
containsCity El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso, Texas
containsMilitaryInstallation Fort Bliss ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cpvi D+17 ⓘ
created 1903 ⓘ
createdBy reapportionment following the 1900 census ⓘ
currentRepresentative Veronica Escobar ⓘ
currentRepresentativeAssumedOffice 2019 ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
demographicGroupMajority Hispanic or Latino ⓘ
economicSector cross-border trade ⓘ
logistics and transportation ⓘ
military and defense ⓘ
electionSystem single-member district ⓘ
firstElectionHeld 1902 ⓘ
hasCollegeOrUniversity University of Texas at El Paso ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviation TX-16 ⓘ
includesCounty El Paso County ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn West Texas ⓘ
surface form: Far West Texas
majorCity El Paso ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 1 ⓘ
partOf Texas congressional delegation ⓘ
politicalLeaning strongly Democratic ⓘ
populationCharacteristic heavily Hispanic ⓘ
predominantly urban ⓘ
previousRepresentative Beto O'Rourke ⓘ
Silvestre Reyes ⓘ
previousRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
representedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
typicalIssues border security ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
trade with Mexico ⓘ
veterans affairs ⓘ
urbanRuralSplit overwhelmingly urban ⓘ
votingPatternPresidential reliably votes Democratic in presidential elections ⓘ

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Texas congressional districts → hasPart → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
Texas's 23rd congressional district → border → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
Beto O'Rourke → representedDistrict → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
Veronica Escobar → represents → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
Silvestre Reyes → representedDistrict → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
O'Rourke → represented → Texas's 16th congressional district ⓘ
subject surface form: Beto O'Rourke