TX-21: Former MLB player Mark Teixeira (R) running for open House seat in Texas
Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira is running for an open U.S. House seat in Texas, he announced Thursday.
Teixeira, who played first base for four teams — including the Texas Rangers — over a 13-year career, made the announcement in a post on the social platform X, saying he’s a “lifelong conservative” and is running on principles to make Texas and the U.S. “great.”
He’s running for the seat representing Texas’s 21st Congressional District, currently held by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas).
Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, announced last week he would run for state attorney general with Ken Paxton running for Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5475296-mark-teixeira-texas-congress/
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