Texas's 16th congressional district

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Texas's 16th congressional district

Current Representative		Silvestre Reyes (D–El Paso)
Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$32,245
Ethnicity	73.9% White, 3.2% Black, 1.0% Asian, 77.7% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 1.2% other
Cook PVI	D+10

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 (110,000 km²), 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

US House election, 2004: Texas District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Silvestre Reyes	108,577	67.5	-32.5
	Republican	David Brigham	49,972	31.1	+31.1
	Libertarian	Brad Clardy	2,224	1.4	+1.4
Majority			58,605	36.5
Turnout			160,773
	Democratic hold		Swing	-31.8

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		March 4, 1903
William Robert Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1917
Thomas L. Blanton	Democratic	March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919	Redistricted to the 17th district
Claude Benton Hudspeth	Democratic	March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1931
R. Ewing Thomason	Democratic	March 4, 1931 - July 31, 1947	Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas
Vacant		July 31, 1947 – August 23, 1947
Kenneth M. Regan	Democratic	August 23, 1947 - January 3, 1955
J. T. Rutherford	Democratic	January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1963
Ed Foreman	Republican	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965
Richard C. White	Democratic	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1983
Ronald D. Coleman	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1997
Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	January 3, 1997 - Present	Incumbent

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Texas's congressional districts

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The At-large district is obsolete. The 33rd-36th districts to be seated in the 113th Congress in 2013.
See also: Texas's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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