Veronica Escobar
Democrat · TX-16 · U.S. House
Bio
Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, based in El Paso, since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.
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Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
- Rep. Veronica Escobar tells CNN audience that Trump “was found guilty [of rape] by a jury of his peers." The last person to tell this lie was sued for $15 million.
Lawsuit incoming! Lawsuit incoming! Watch the "journalists" at CNN freak out when one of their guests, Veronica Escobar of El Paso, says a verifiably false thing that CNN knows will get them sued into oblivion. VIDEO AT LINK.................. He was found gui…
Freerepublic.com · June 8, 2026 
Susan Collins getting reelected is bigger concern than Graham Platner allegations, Texas Democrat claimsRep. Veronica Escobar claimed Maine Sen. Susan Collins concerns her more than Graham Platner's scandals after the latest controversial report against him.
Fox News · June 8, 2026
ICE Sued Over 'Civil Rights Catastrophe' at West Texas Concentration CampA group of legal advocacy groups on Friday sued US Immigration and Customs Enforcement over "inhumane" conditions at the country's largest concentration camp for immigrants detained during the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.The American Civi…
Common Dreams · May 30, 2026
GOP lawmaker hit with death threats from irate conservatives for pushing immigration dealRep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has crafted a bipartisan immigration compromise bill, and is fighting to get the GOP to back it — but the more she fights, the greater opposition she gets from her own colleagues, reported NOTUS on Tuesday."Salazar has been pr…
Raw Story · April 21, 2026
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