Former MLB slugger Mark Teixeira won the Republican primary in Texas’s 21st congressional district on Tuesday night.
Teixeira moves on to the November general election where he’ll face off against Democratic candidate Kristin Hook in a bid to replace U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, who is headed for a runoff in the Texas Attorney General race.
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The 45-year-old Teixeira, who was born and raised in Maryland and lives near Austin, Texas, said when he began his campaign that he is “ready to fight for Texas families, conservative principles and the America First agenda.”
Last month, President Donald Trump endorsed Teixeira saying that the former MLB player was a “total winner” and “he will never let you down!”
Teixeira played 14 MLB seasons with the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the New York Yankees. He was a three-time All-Star and Silver Slugger Award winner, as well as a five-time Gold Glove Award winner. In 2009, he was a part of the Yankees World Series championship team.
The Rangers selected Teixeira with the fifth overall pick in the 2001 MLB Draft and he spent parts of five seasons in Texas before being traded to the Braves. He hit 409 home runs and drove in 1,298 runs. He retired in 2016.
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