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.

Statements (48)

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, Texas →
containsMilitaryInstallation	Fort Bliss →
country	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	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Texas's 23rd congressional district →	border
Texas congressional districts →	hasPart