It’s been nine years since Mark Teixeira retired from baseball, after an impactful fourteen years of taking on the best players in the world; now, the former Rangers, Braves, Angels and Yankee first baseman will be taking a swing at a brand-new challenge: D.C. Politicians.
In an X post on August 28th, the former world champion announced he would be running for the United States House of Representatives, to fill the seat being vacated by current Congressman Chip Roy as he seeks to become Texas’ next Attorney General.
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
Running as an America First Conservative in one of the most politically red areas of the country? As John Sterling so often said, “You’re on the Mark, Teixeira!”
Some of the main issues the congressional hopeful lists on his campaign website (https://teixeiraforcongress.com/) are securing the border, deporting illegal aliens, and crushing drug cartels, expanding the DOGE cuts to wasteful government spending and growing the economy, protecting kids and families from a wide-range of cultural threats, securing both our electoral process and a variety of our freedoms in a number of sectors, and finally instituting term limits for elected officials. As a congressman, Mr. Teixeira has promised to be a strong advocate for, and partner to, President Trump and his agenda.
Teixeira isn’t the first ex-Major Leaguer to run for public office; among others, Hall of Famer Jim Bunning ran for and won seats in both the U.S. House and Senate (1987-2011), Fred Brown of the Boston Braves ran for Senate and won in 1932, Hall of Famer Walter Johnson ran for House, but lost in 1940, Vinegar Bend Mizell (Cardinals, Pirates, Mets) served in the House from 1969-1975, and most recently, former Dodger and Padre Steve Garvey ran for Senate in 2024, but was unsuccessful.
As a Major League ballplayer, “Tex” – which is the perfect nickname for a congressman from Texas – put up a career .269 average, with 409 HR, over 1200 RBI, 1862 hits, and 408 doubles; he had nine years of thirty or more home runs, one with over forty, and eight seasons where he drove in over one-hundred. He was a three-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger, five-time Gold Glover, and a 2009 World Series champion.
