Mark Teixeira, who hit 409 major league home runs as a switch-hitter, scored his first significant victory from the far right flank.
Teixeira, the first baseman for the 2009 New York Yankees squad that won the franchise’s most recent championship, won a landslide victory in Texas’ 21st congressional district primary March 3, securing 60.9% of the vote in a deep red district that all but ensures his ascendance to Congress in November’s general election.
Teixeira, 45, ran as a MAGA-aligned outsider in the race to succeed Chip Roy, who has represented the district since 2018 but ran for Texas attorney general instead. Despite the 11-candidate field, Teixeira easily vaulted the 50% mark required to avoid a runoff and will face Democrat Kristin Hook in the general election.
‘I’ve been on a lot of great teams,’ Teixeira says in his first campaign ad, ‘and President Trump’s team is one I want to be on to secure the border and crush the cartels.’
Teixeira was endorsed by both Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. His platform places ‘border security and enforcement’ as the No. 1 priority, followed by ‘expanding DOGE to cut wasteful insane spending’ and ‘end radical woke indoctrination, defend parental rights, kill DEI, restore patriotic education rooted in American and Texas values.’
Teixeira, the fifth overall pick in the 2001 draft, was a three-time All-Star and Silver Slugger winner. He grossed $213 million in salary over his 14-year career.