Texas House candidate Mark Teixeira talks key issues facing voters, tell me about this news today

Former Major League Baseball All-Star and World Series champion Mark Teixeira is running as the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas’s 21st Congressional District (seeking to succeed Chip Roy).

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On the campaign trail ahead of the November general election, Teixeira has been outlining his core priorities to voters across central Texas, aligning closely with conservative and “America First” policies:

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• Border Security and Immigration: Emphasizing strict border enforcement, eliminating sanctuary cities, supporting ICE, and targeting transnational drug cartels.

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• Economy and Federal Spending: Calling for major cuts to federal spending to combat inflation, reducing administrative regulations, and lowering costs for families and small businesses.

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• Energy Independence: Championing Texas’s traditional oil, natural gas, and nuclear sectors to maintain domestic energy dominance and stabilize power grid reliability.

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• Education and School Choice: Advocating strongly for parental rights, universal school choice programs, and removing political ideology or DEI initiatives from classroom curricula.

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• Law, Order, and Public Safety: Pledging support for law enforcement agencies, stiffer penalties for violent crime, and protecting Second Amendment rights.

• Government Accountability: Supporting congressional term limits and spending oversight to curb career politics in Washington.