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U.S. Representative · Texas 16th District
Veronica Escobar
DemocratDistrict D+11119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score43#206 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Veronica Escobar’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2448 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4316
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 2 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.466 (party median -0.393; rank 164 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 7 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 25th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on the BudgetMinority · 8th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Escobar← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.466 is 0.07 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5334Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 55
| Middle |
| H.R. 8880Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |