U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
Texas's 16th District
Veronica Escobar win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Escobar by 27.5
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Veronica Escobar
Raised $859K · $270K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Hector Miguel Cabildo Jr.
Raised $11K · $5K cash on hand · through Feb 11, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Veronica Escobar. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $7K in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Veronica Escobar had raised $859KFEC filing
- Feb 11Hector Miguel Cabildo Jr. had raised $11KFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+15.5 and D+39.9.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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