Veronica Escobar

Veronica Escobar is a third generation El Pasoan who lives in the city with her husband Michael and their cats; they have two grown children.¹ Before elected office, she taught English at the University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College.¹

A graduate of UTEP and New York University, she also worked as communications director for Mayor Raymond Caballero and executive director of Community Scholars.¹ That nonprofit taught high school students to produce public policy reports and recommendations.¹ Her elected career began in county government, serving first as an El Paso County commissioner and then as county judge.¹

Escobar entered Congress in 2019, becoming the first woman to represent El Paso and one of the first two Latinas from Texas to serve in the House.²¹ She currently serves on Appropriations, following earlier assignments on Judiciary, Armed Services and Ethics.¹ During the previous Congress, she was one of three chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.¹

She faces Republican Navy veteran and former Border Patrol agent Adam Bauman in November.² Escobar and Republican Representative Maria Elvira Salazar reintroduced the Dignity Act in 2025, proposing changes to border security, asylum and legal immigration.³ It would also create a program offering qualifying undocumented immigrants temporary legal status and work authorization, with background checks, tax obligations and payments required.⁴