Texas's 16th congressional district

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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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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

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