{"id":607635,"date":"2026-03-05T11:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607635\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:49:51","slug":"ex-mlb-star-mark-teixeira-wins-texas-congressional-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/607635\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-MLB Star Mark Teixeira Wins Texas Congressional Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_fa7c4ac2dd124386a87a5b059db90c20\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2844a0a1-d8e8-4dfa-aca8-78dbbb21fe49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fa7c4ac2dd124386a87a5b059db90c20_md.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Teixeira getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mark-teixeira\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Teixeira<\/a> is trading the batter\u2019s box for the ballot box &#8212; and his first big political test is already in the books.<\/p>\n<p>The former MLB slugger won the Republican primary for Texas\u2019 21st congressional district Tuesday night &#8230; securing more than 61% of the vote in a crowded 12-candidate field and avoiding a runoff.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_9685ca47fd1c457d94db460f2982b681\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2844a0a1-d8e8-4dfa-aca8-78dbbb21fe49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9685ca47fd1c457d94db460f2982b681_md.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Teixeira getty 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge victory, and I\u2019m truly honored to have such strong support from the people of TX-21,\u201d Teixeira posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/teixeiramark25\/status\/2029059531267784787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>. \u201cThank you! I\u2019m so grateful to everyone who voted, put in the work, donated, and especially prayed for us along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seat is currently held by Chip Roy, who\u2019s stepping aside to run for Texas attorney general. Teixeira will now face Democratic candidate Kristin Hook in the November general election.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old said his campaign is &#8220;going to run a strong race and win big in November&#8221; \u2026 while also giving a shoutout to his wife, Leigh, and their three kids for standing by him every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_06548d06b64545638dd08c4d07a366fa\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2844a0a1-d8e8-4dfa-aca8-78dbbb21fe49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/06548d06b64545638dd08c4d07a366fa_md.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Teixeira getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teixeira &#8212; who was born and raised in Maryland but now lives near Austin &#8212; announced his candidacy last August, saying he was \u201cready to fight for Texas families, conservative principles and the America First agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also received a major boost last month when President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> endorsed him, calling the former big leaguer a \u201ctotal winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260304_09f04c20c2ac4cdbb737e05093a943e7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2844a0a1-d8e8-4dfa-aca8-78dbbb21fe49\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/09f04c20c2ac4cdbb737e05093a943e7_md.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Teixeira getty 4\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before stepping into politics, Teixeira spent 14 seasons in the majors with the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees &#8212; racking up 409 home runs and 1,298 RBIs, along with three All-Star selections, five Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers.<\/p>\n<p>He helped the Yankees capture the 2009 World Series before retiring in 2016 \u2026 and if he wins again in November, Teixeira could soon be adding \u201cCongressman\u201d to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Teixeira is trading the batter\u2019s box for the ballot box &#8212; and his first big political test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,4,169,149,185,317,1567,69,3240,1564],"class_list":{"0":"post-607635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-rangers","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-news","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-texas-rangers","16":"tag-texasrangers","17":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116176423458859629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}