This is currently considered to be a purple congressional district. This was a solid Blue seat but re-districting means Democrats will have to fight very hard to hold onto this seat.. Please vote Democrat to end MAGA control of Congress!:
Vote for Democrat, Samantha Mota or Sydney Kamlager-Dove on November 3, 2026!
If you are not comfortable with that choice, swap your vote with someone in another district to stop MAGA Republicans and corporate Democrats from destroying our future! Find out more about vote swapping, go to: https://votetosurvive.org/vote-swap/
You can also go to vote.org to find information about voter registration, the candidates, mail-in ballots and early voting.
Background
In 2024, the Democrat, Veronica Escobar, won this seat with a margin of 19.1 percent, or 42,110 votes, over the Republican, Irene Armendariz-Jackson. An estimated 274,497 eligible voters (55.4%) did not vote at that election in Texas District 16, and 156 voted for a third (or fourth) party.
To find out more about the Senate race in this state, if you have one, and your options for vote swapping, click on your state to the right.