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U.S. House, District 16: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
ADAM BAUMAN

ADAM BAUMAN

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 16

NationalRepublican

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VERONICA ESCOBAR

VERONICA ESCOBAR

U.S. House · Texas District 16

NationalDemocrat

ADAM BAUMANCandidateVERONICA ESCOBARCurrent rep

Job fit

ADAM BAUMAN

Other work

  • Having served a career in the U.S Border Patrol as part of the Border Patrol Tactical Team, or BORTAC 1
  • As a U.S Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewman Veteran 1

VERONICA ESCOBAR

Offices held

  • Veronica served as an El Paso County Commissioner and later as El Paso County Judge. 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

ADAM BAUMAN

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

VERONICA ESCOBAR

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • Guns → More rules on who can buy guns (3 of 3 votes) 3

Who pays them

ADAM BAUMAN

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

VERONICA ESCOBAR

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorscompanieslabor unionsindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$21Klarge donors$472Kcompanies$161Klabor unions$72Kindustryassociations$60KOther kinds ofdonors$85K$903K raised
$20,7694Small individual donors
$471,5994Large individual donors

Checks

ADAM BAUMAN

No voting record to check yet

VERONICA ESCOBAR

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. HOME | Congressional Candid · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. About Veronica - Veronica Escobar | Democrat for Congress | El Paso, Texas · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money