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2026 candidates we're tracking in TX-21
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Kristin Hook
Democratic
Kristin Hook is a biologist with a Cornell doctorate who worked at the National Institutes of Health and as a Government Accountability Office scientist, and was the 2024 nominee for this seat, per Texas Public Radio.
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Mark Teixeira
Republican
Mark Teixeira is a former Major League Baseball All-Star first baseman and 2009 World Series champion and a Georgia Tech graduate, per KUT. He won the March primary with about 61 percent.
About this race
Texas's 21st Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Texas primary is Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, May 26, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.