Before Congress, Veronica Escobar started out as a teacher and rose to become El Paso's county judge — the county's top elected executive.
Escobar has represented El Paso in the U.S. House since 2019, after serving as an El Paso County commissioner and then county judge. She was the first woman to hold this House seat and, alongside Houston's Sylvia Garcia, one of the first two Latina women elected to Congress from Texas. She is running for re-election, citing work on border/immigration policy, healthcare access, and federal funding for El Paso.
Escobar’s take on Texas values
Escobar co-sponsored the Anti-Rigging Act responding to Texas's 2025 mid-decade redistricting and sued the state over its new congressional map, arguing it dilutes Latino voting power — opposing the kind of restrictive/manipulative election rules described here. [Escobar House website; Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse]