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Former MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira Launches GOP Bid for Texas’ 21st District

His entry shifts early focus to a Republican primary that will likely decide the open Hill Country seat.

Hitting coach Mark Teixeira #25 of the National League prior to the 2024 All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field on July 13, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 25: Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira looks on before game two of the 2017 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Teixeira filed FEC paperwork Thursday and formally launched his campaign for TX-21 after Rep. Chip Roy opted to run for attorney general.
  • The former Rangers and Yankees first baseman is running as a staunch conservative pledging to defend President Trump’s America First agenda.
  • His platform highlights tougher border enforcement, spending restraint and gun rights, with additional calls for term limits and ending “forever wars.”
  • The district, covering parts of the San Antonio–Austin corridor and the Hill Country, is rated safely Republican under the new map, with analysis showing Trump would have won it by more than 21 points.
  • Early primary contours are forming, with Republican Daniel Betts filing to run and Bexar County GOP vice chair Kyle Sinclair weighing a bid ahead of the March 3, 2026 primary and the Dec. 8, 2025 filing deadline.