Former Yankee And 3-Time MLB All-Star Running For Chip Roy’s Texas Seat—
Former three-time All-Star first-baseman Mark Teixeira, one of the most powerful switch-hitters in MLB history who played 14 years in Major League Baseball with the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, and the New York Yankees while amassing a whopping 409 home runs, announced he would run for the GOP seat vacated in Texas’ 21st Congressional District by Rep. Chip Roy.
Roy announced on August 21 he would run for attorney general of Texas.
“Bignews:I’mreadytogo!”TeixeirawroteonX.“Asalifelongconservativewholovesthiscountry,I’mrunningforCongresstofightfortheprinciplesthatmakeTexasandAmericagreat.Ittakesteamworktowin–I’mreadytohelpdefendPresidentTrump’sAmericaFirstagenda,Texasfamilies,andindividualliberty.”
TeixeirawastwiceafinalistfortheRobertoClementeAward,presentedannuallybyMajorLeagueBaseballtoaplayerwhobestembodiesthegameofbaseballthroughextraordinarycharacter,communityinvolvement,andphilanthropyonandoffthefield.HehasservedontheboardofdirectorsofDREAM,whic
