Overview
- State election records show a Friday filing under the name Offer Vince "ShamWow" Shlomi for the Republican primary in Texas’ 31st District.
- Offer’s bid positions him to take on longtime incumbent John Carter, who has represented the district since 2003.
- He enters a field with multiple Republican contenders already running for the nomination.
- Offer, 61, is widely known for TV pitches for products including ShamWow!, Slap Chop, Schticky, InVinceable and the Crank Chop.
- In a Fox News Digital interview, he framed his campaign goals as to "destroy wokeism" and "make America happy."