Teixeira wins House; Tuberville wins Alabama governor — SkimNews
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- Mark Teixeira, a three-time MLB All-Star with five Gold Gloves and three Silver Sluggers, defeated Democrat Kristin Hook to win the U.S. House in Texas’ 21st District after taking more than 61% of the GOP primary vote in March.
- Chip Roy decided not to seek reelection, opening the seat Teixeira won; the 21st District covers a deeply conservative area west of both Austin and San Antonio.
- Mark Teixeira announced his congressional bid days after Republicans in the Texas legislature approved a redistricting map meant to favor the GOP in the 2026 election.
- Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter and political podcast host, lost her Minnesota U.S. Senate race to Democrat Peggy Flanagan after stressing her opposition to transgender women playing women’s sports.
- Tommy Tuberville, a former college football coach, won Alabama’s gubernatorial race over Democrat Doug Jones; it was their second head-to-head election after Tuberville displaced Jones from the U.S. Senate in 2020.
- Trump endorsed Tuberville in 2020 and also backed his Alabama governor bid; Tuberville was closely aligned with the president during his Senate tenure.
- Mark Teixeira pledged in his campaign announcement to work with President Trump to secure the border and end “radical woke indoctrination.”
Why it matters: Republicans retain the Texas 21st House seat after Chip Roy chose not to seek reelection, while Tommy Tuberville wins Alabama’s governorship over Doug Jones. Teixeira announced his bid days after Texas Republicans approved a 2026 redistricting map intended to favor the GOP, a timing detail that situates the result in a GOP-favoring redistricting cycle.
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