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Veronica Escobar

Veronica Escobar is a Democratic incumbent in Texas's 16th district. $859K raised, $704K spent, $270K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$859Kraised
$704Kspent
$270Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$859K raised
Raised$859K
Spent$704K
Cash on hand$270K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$858,766
Spent (disbursements)$704,156
Cash on hand$270,455
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 57 · 4 terms · votes right of 11% of the House
57age on Election Day
4House terms (since 2019)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeEscobar
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.47
Votes more conservative than11% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted567

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosurefiled 2026-07-22

Amended report for 2025, filed 2026-07-22. We could not read this report automatically, so we show no figures from it. Open the official report (PDF)

Reports filed on paper or as scans have no text we can read.

Public attention2,921 views in 30 days
2,921Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#311 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Veronica Escobar on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 57%PACs and other committees 43%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 0%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$492,36857.3%
PACs and other committees$366,36842.7%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$300.0%
This raceTX-16, rank #1 of 1

Veronica Escobar ranks #1 of 1 in reported fundraising in this race.

No other candidates on file.

TX-16 · Texas · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H8TX16109, committee C00653923. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.