Three-Time MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira Announces He’s Running for Congress

Conservative News DailyAugust 28, 2025

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Mark Teixeira, a former New York Yankees first baseman and three-time MLB All-Star, has announced his candidacy for Congress in Texas’s 21st District. A proud Texan and lifelong conservative, Teixeira aims to fight for principles that support Texas families, individual liberty, and president Trump’s America first agenda. His announcement follows GOP Rep. Chip Roy’s decision not to seek re-election, as Roy instead campaigns for texas attorney general.

Teixeira, known as a “proven winner,” draws on his sports career and personal background-born to a Navy veteran and a schoolteacher and having played five seasons with the Texas Rangers-to connect with Texas voters. Over his 14-year MLB career with teams including the Rangers, Braves, Angels, and Yankees, he earned numerous accolades and finished with impressive stats.

His campaign platform focuses on border security, the economy, education, energy independence, law and order, faith, the Second Amendment, election integrity, and term limits. Teixeira emphasizes teamwork and a commitment to represent Texans effectively in washington.

World Series champion and former New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira announced Thursday that he is running for Congress in Texas.

The three-time MLB All-Star will campaign in Texas’s 21st District. Teixeira released a statement on social media declaring his candidacy.

“As a proud Texan and lifelong conservative who loves our country, I’m ready to fight for the principles that make Texas strong and America exceptional,” Teixeira said on X.

“It takes teamwork to win, and I’m ready to help defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas families, and individual liberty,” the retired slugger added.

Big news: I’m ready to go!

As a lifelong conservative who loves this country, I’m running for Congress to fight for the principles that make Texas and America great.

It takes teamwork to win – I’m ready to help defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas families,… pic.twitter.com/bVb6j9qP6i

— Mark Teixeira (@teixeiramark25) August 28, 2025

The announcement comes after GOP Rep. Chip Roy decided not to run for re-election.

Roy is instead launching a campaign for Texas attorney general, The Texas Tribune reported.

On his official campaign website, Teixeira introduced himself as a “proven winner.”

Teixeira is “a proven winner who’s ready to fight and win for Texas in Congress,” the site said.

“Born to a Navy veteran father and a schoolteacher mother, Mark learned discipline, hard work, and service from an early age,” it continued.

“Mark’s five seasons with the Texas Rangers planted the roots of a lifelong connection to the Lone Star State.”

Teixeira’s biography further argued that his career both on and off the field shows a pattern of success.

He said he wants to use his experience to represent Texans in Washington.

“A standout student-athlete, Mark earned a scholarship to Georgia Tech, where he met his wife, Leigh. After his junior season, he was drafted 5th overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2001 MLB Draft,” the site said.

“Over the next 14 years, he earned three All-Star selections, five Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, and capped his career with a World Series Championship with the New York Yankees in 2009.”

In his 14-year MLB career, Teixeira played for the Rangers, Braves, Angels, and Yankees.

He hit 409 home runs with 1,298 RBIs and finished with a .268 batting average.

His best season came in 2009 with the Yankees, when he led the American League with 39 home runs and 122 RBIs.

Teixeira, 45, said his campaign platform will focus on border security, the economy, education, energy independence, law and order, faith, the Second Amendment, election integrity, and term limits.