Mark Teixeira announced a campaign for Texas' 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House as an avowed conservative. He stated he is ready to help defend President Trump's America First agenda, Texas families, and individual liberty. Teixeira has lived in or near Dallas much of his adult life and is running in a heavily Republican district that Chip Roy won by 26 percent; Roy is not seeking re-election while running for Texas Attorney General. Teixeira played 14 Major League seasons with the Rangers, Braves, Angels, and Yankees, retired after 2016 with 409 career home runs, and hit .358 in 54 games for the 2008 Angels.
Mark Teixeira, who batted a robust .358 in a two-month stint with the Angels in 2008 before signing a longterm lucrative contract with the New York Yankees, announced his campaign for Texas' 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House on Wednesday. Teixeira, an avowed conservative who has lived in or near Dallas much of his adult life, said he is "ready to help defend President Trump's America First agenda, Texas families, and individual liberty."
The Angels acquired him from the Braves in a trade late in the 2008 season, and he helped them to the only 100-win season in franchise history by hitting 13 home runs and driving in 43 runs while batting .358 in 54 games. Teixeira also performed well in the American League Division Series, batting .467 with a .550 on-base percentage, although the Angels fell in four games to the Boston Red Sox.
Garvey is also a Republican, and he lost in a landslide to Democrat Adam Schiff for California's open seat in the U.S. Senate last November. Despite being a beloved former Dodgers great, Garvey, 75, held few public events and struggled to gain traction with voters in a state that has not elected a Republican to statewide office in nearly two decades. Unlike Garvey, Teixeira, 45, is running in a heavily Republican district that Chip Roy won by 26% of the vote in November.
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