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Democrat from Texas

Veronica Escobar, sworn in as El Paso County's judge in January 2011, came to office with a background in nonprofits, education and local government, the county says on her biographical web page.

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Veronica Escobar

Says El Paso is the "safest city of our size in the nation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 30th, 2013

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Beto O’Rourke, Rick Perry and bombs NOT going off in El Paso (maybe NOT safest U.S. city)

In a tweet critical of Perry, O’Rourke charged the governor with falsely saying car bombs are going off in El Paso, which O'Rourke called the safest U.S. city.

O’Rourke was time traveling.

El Paso "safest" large city in US? Hold fire

El Paso's county judge said the city is the safest burg of its size in the country. That sounded familiar--and flawed.