Texas Representative Veronica Escobar

Rep.-elect Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, with Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., right, joins House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and newly-elected members at a news conference to discuss their priorities when they assume the majority in the 116th Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Veronica Escobar, who represents Texas' 16th District, is one of the first two Latinas to represent Texas in Congress. The former El Paso County judge succeeded Beto O'Rourke as he made an attempt to win a Texas Senate seat. Escobar is joined in her feat by Sylvia Garcia, a representative from Houston.

About 40% of Texans are Hispanic or Latino, but voters had never elected a Latina woman to either chamber of Congress.