Texas's 16th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Texas
district number = 16

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representative = Silvestre Reyes
party = Democratic
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percent rural =
population = 651,619
population year = 2000
median income = 32,245
percent white = 73.9
percent black = 3.2
percent asian = 1.0
percent native american = 0.8
percent hispanic = 77.7
percent other race = 1.2
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cpvi = D+9

Texas District 16 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves El Paso and the surrounding area in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 16 is Silvestre Reyes.

At one time, the 16th stretched across 42,000 square miles, from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin (Midland and Odessa) in the east. However, after Texas' original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of "Wesberry v. Sanders", the 16th was shrunk down to El Paso and most of its suburbs.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Silvestre Reyes
votes = 108,577
percentage = 67.5
change = -32.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = David Brigham
votes = 49,972
percentage = 31.1
change = +31.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Brad Clardy
votes = 2,224
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4

Election box majority
votes = 58,605
percentage = 36.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 160,773
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
swing = -31.8

Representatives

{| class=wikitable! Name !! Took
Office !! Left
Office !! Party
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William Robert Smith
March 4, 1903
March 3, 1917
Democrat
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Thomas L. Blanton
March 4, 1917
March 3, 1919
Democrat
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Claude Benton Hudspeth
March 4, 1919
March 3, 1933
Democrat
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R. Ewing Thomason
March 4, 1931
January 3, 1949
Democrat

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Kenneth M. Regan
January 3, 1949
January 3, 1955
Democrat

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J. T. Rutherford
January 3, 1955
January 3, 1963
Democrat

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Ed Foreman
January 3, 1963
January 3, 1965
Republican
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Richard C. White
January 3, 1965
January 3, 1983
Democrat

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Ronald D. Coleman
January 3, 1983
January 3, 1997
Democrat

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Silvestre Reyes
January 3, 1997
present
Democrat