The district was initially created in 1903. For most of the next six decades, it stretched across 42,000 square miles (110,000 km2), from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin (Midland and Odessa) in the east. However, after Texas' original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of Wesberry v. Sanders, the 16th was shrunk down to the city of El Paso (except a sliver in the east) and most of its surrounding suburban communities.
Since the 1990s, the 16th has been the only Democratic bastion in heavily Republican West Texas. While it has been a majority-Hispanic district since the 1970s, only two Hispanics have ever represented it, Silvestre Reyes and Escobar.
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TX 16 redirects here The term may also refer to Texas State Highway 16 Not to be confused with Texas s 16th House of Representatives district Texas s 16th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes almost all of El Paso and most of its suburbs in the state of Texas The current Representative is Democrat Veronica Escobar Texas s 16th congressional districtTexas s 16th congressional district since January 3 2023Representative Veronica EscobarD El PasoDistribution98 36 urban 1 1 64 ruralPopulation 2022 773 386 2 Median householdincome 53 477 2 Ethnicity81 03 Hispanic7 0 White4 74 other3 60 Black1 42 Asian0 61 Native AmericanCook PVID 17 3 The district was initially created in 1903 For most of the next six decades it stretched across 42 000 square miles 110 000 km2 from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin Midland and Odessa in the east However after Texas original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of Wesberry v Sanders the 16th was shrunk down to the city of El Paso except a sliver in the east and most of its surrounding suburban communities Since the 1990s the 16th has been the only Democratic bastion in heavily Republican West Texas While it has been a majority Hispanic district since the 1970s only two Hispanics have ever represented it Silvestre Reyes and Escobar Contents 1 Election results from presidential races 2 List of members representing the district 3 Recent elections 3 1 2006 3 2 2008 3 3 2010 3 4 2012 3 5 2014 3 6 2016 3 7 2018 3 8 2020 3 9 2022 4 Historical district boundaries 5 See also 6 ReferencesElection results from presidential races editYear Office Result2000 President Gore 59 41 2004 President Kerry 56 44 2008 President Obama 66 33 2012 President Obama 64 35 2016 President Clinton 67 27 2020 President Biden 66 32 List of members representing the district editRepresentative Party Years Congess Electoral historyDistrict established March 4 1903 nbsp William Robert Smith Democratic March 4 1903 March 3 1917 58th59th60th61st62nd63rd64th Elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 data missing nbsp Thomas L Blanton Democratic March 4 1917 March 3 1919 65th Elected in 1916 Redistricted to the 17th district nbsp Claude Benton Hudspeth Democratic March 4 1919 March 3 1931 66th67th68th69th70th71st Elected in 1918 Re elected in 1920 Re elected in 1922 Re elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Re elected in 1928 data missing nbsp R Ewing Thomason Democratic March 4 1931 July 31 1947 72nd73rd74th75th76th77th78th79th80th Elected in 1930 Re elected in 1932 Re elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Re elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Resigned to become U S District Judge Vacant July 31 1947 August 23 1947 80th nbsp Kenneth M Regan Democratic August 23 1947 January 3 1955 80th81st82nd83rd Elected to finish Thomason s term Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Re elected in 1952 Lost renomination nbsp J T Rutherford Democratic January 3 1955 January 3 1963 84th85th86th87th Elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Lost re election nbsp Ed Foreman Republican January 3 1963 January 3 1965 88th Elected in 1962 Lost re election nbsp Richard C White Democratic January 3 1965 January 3 1983 89th90th91st92nd93rd94th95th96th97th Elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Retired nbsp Ronald D Coleman Democratic January 3 1983 January 3 1997 98th99th100th101st102nd103rd104th Elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Re elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Retired nbsp Silvestre Reyes Democratic January 3 1997 January 3 2013 105th106th107th108th109th110th111th112th Elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Re elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Re elected in 2008 Re elected in 2010 Lost renomination nbsp Beto O Rourke Democratic January 3 2013 January 3 2019 113th114th115th Elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Re elected in 2016 Retired to run for U S Senator nbsp Veronica Escobar Democratic January 3 2019 present 116th117th118th Elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Re elected in 2022 Recent elections edit2006 edit 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Silvestre Reyes incumbent 61 116 78 67Libertarian Gordon Strickland 16 572 21 33Total votes 77 688 100 00Democratic hold2008 edit 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Silvestre Reyes incumbent 130 375 82 14Independent Ben Mendoza 16 348 10 30Libertarian Mette Baker 12 000 7 56Total votes 158 723 100 00Democratic hold2010 edit 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Silvestre Reyes incumbent 49 301 58 08Republican Tim Besco 31 051 36 58Libertarian Bill Collins 4 319 5 09Write in 221 0 26Total votes 84 892 100 00Democratic hold2012 edit 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Beto O Rourke 101 403 65 42Republican Barbara Carrasco 51 043 32 93Libertarian Junart Sodoy 2 559 1 65Total votes 155 005 100 00Democratic hold2014 edit 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Beto O Rourke incumbent 49 338 67 49Republican Corey Roen 21 324 29 17Libertarian Jaime Perez 2 443 3 34Total votes 73 105 100 00Democratic hold2016 edit 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Beto O Rourke incumbent 150 228 85 73Libertarian Jaime Perez 17 491 9 98Green Mary Gourdoux 7 510 4 29Total votes 175 229 100 00Democratic hold2018 edit 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Veronica Escobar 124 437 68 46Republican Rick Seeberger 49 127 27 03Independent Ben Mendoza 8 147 4 48Total votes 181 754 100 00Democratic hold2020 edit 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Veronica Escobar incumbent 154 108 64 72Republican Irene Armendariz Jackson 84 006 35 28Total votes 238 114 100 00Democratic hold2022 edit 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas District 16 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Veronica Escobar incumbent 95 510 63 46Republican Irene Armendariz Jackson 54 986 36 54Total votes 150 496 100 0Democratic holdHistorical district boundaries edit nbsp 2007 2013 nbsp 2013 2023See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Texas portalList of United States congressional districtsReferences edit Congressional Districts Relationship Files state based United States Census Bureau a b My Congressional District Congressional District 16 118th Congress Texas United States Census Bureau 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List Cook Political Report Retrieved January 10 2023 Martis Kenneth C 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress New York Macmillan Publishing Company Martis Kenneth C 1982 The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts New York Macmillan Publishing Company Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774 present 31 54 39 N 106 18 38 W 31 91083 N 106 31056 W 31 91083 106 31056 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Texas 27s 16th congressional district amp oldid 1178847381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,