Texas · U.S. House · District 16 · 2026

Texas District 16 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Texas District 16 House race

Veronica Escobar has raised more than 78 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Texas District 16 House race, 2026 report raising $881,047 between them. Veronica Escobar reports $858,766 and Hector Cabildo reports $10,964, a gap of $847,802. Of what Veronica Escobar reports, 57% came from individuals and 43% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Veronica Escobar

DIncumbent

D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 43% from PACs and 57% from individuals.

57% individuals43% PACs0% other

$859K

raised

Hector Cabildo

R · challenger

49% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 51% from other sources.

49% individuals0% PACs51% other

$11K

raised

Deliris Montanez Berrios (dmb)

R · challenger

59% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 41% from other sources.

59% individuals0% PACs41% other

$7K

raised

Manuel Barraza

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$4K

raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Defense & Aerospace$30K

Labor / Unions$30K

Foreign-policy advocacy$14K

Small donors & unclassified$13K

Banking & Financial$10K

Law & Lobbying$8K

Real Estate & Construction$6K

Transportation$6K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC · pac$18K
JSTREETPAC · pac$14K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · pac$10K
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) · pac$8K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$8K
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) · pac$7K
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN · pac$7K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

42%57%

42% PACs57% individuals1% other

The incumbent's record

Veronica Escobar is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

$119K

−$198K - $435K. down $99K since 2017.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on Appropriations

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Defense & Aerospace$30K

Labor / Unions$30K

Foreign-policy advocacy$14K

Small donors & unclassified$13K

Banking & Financial$10K

Law & Lobbying$8K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Veronica Escobar D · incumbent	vs	HC Hector Cabildo R · challenger
$859K	Raised	$11K
$270K	Cash on hand	$5K
43%	From PACs	0%
57%	From individuals	49%
Defense & Aerospace	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No