Texas 21st District race 2026: Teixeira vs. Hook
General election, November 3, 2026 · U.S. House in Texas’s 21st District. Open — Chip Roy ran for AG and lost the runoff to Mayes Middleton (Trump 60.4%)
Mark Teixeira
Former Rangers and Yankees first baseman, 2009 World Series champion and 2026 Republican nominee for Texas's 21st District: career, canvass, finances, plans.
Read the documented profile of Mark TeixeiraKristin Hook
American biologist and former National Institutes of Health scientist; Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Texas’ 21st Congressional District in 2024 and 2026
The general-election field as the board records it: Teixeira (R) vs. Kristin Hook (D, 2024 nominee)
The race at a glance
Board data as of . Ratings are the raters' own current calls; polls are the newest public ones with their field dates; money is what the committees reported. Nothing here is a forecast.
- Seat
- Open — Chip Roy ran for AG and lost the runoff to Mayes Middleton (Trump 60.4%)
- Primary
- (certified): Teixeira 58,180 (60.9%); D Hook 39,779 (60.1%)
- Ratings
- Cook Solid R; Sabato Safe R; IE Solid R
- Newest public polling
- general: NOT FOUND
- Reported money
- FEC : Teixeira $3,922,216 raised (candidate loans $2,750,000 = debts) / $382,201 COH; Hook $243,839 / $104,069
- Notable
- Trump endorsed ('TOTAL WINNER'). Residency ('moved back to Texas in 2021') and self-funding attacks in the primary.
Key dates in Texas
Read from the Texas Secretary of State. The full guide, with the official tools, is on the Texas page.
- Voter registration deadlineMonday, October 5, 2026. An application counts if it is postmarked by that date or received in the county voter registrar's office by that date. A voter registration application filled out online must still be printed and sent to the county voter registrar's office. votetexas.gov
- Early voting in person beginsMonday, October 19, 2026 — first day of early voting by personal appearance. votetexas.gov
- Deadline to apply for a ballot by mail (received, not postmarked)Friday, October 23, 2026. The Application for Ballot by Mail (ABBM) must be received — not just postmarked — by the early voting clerk in the county where you are registered, before the close of regular business or 12 noon, whichever is later. votetexas.gov
- Deadline to return a ballot by mail (received by)The early voting clerk must receive the ballot by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, if the carrier envelope is not postmarked; or by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (the next business day), if the carrier envelope is postmarked by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day at the location of the election. Different deadlines apply to overseas and military voters. sos.texas.gov
- Election DayTuesday, November 3, 2026. sos.texas.gov
- Polling place hours on Election Day7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026, at all polling places statewide. votetexas.gov
Voting in Texas: dates, rules and official tools
Questions and answers
Who is running for the U.S. House in Texas’s 21st District in 2026?
Teixeira (R) vs. Kristin Hook (D, 2024 nominee) (as of Sep 15, 2026).
When is the election?
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Voter registration deadline: Monday, October 5, 2026. An application counts if it is postmarked by that date or received in the county voter registrar's office by that date. A voter registration application filled out online must still be printed and sent to the county voter registrar's office.
How do the raters see this race?
Cook Solid R; Sabato Safe R; IE Solid R (as of Sep 15, 2026).
What do the polls show?
general: NOT FOUND (as of Sep 15, 2026).
How much money has been reported?
FEC Jun 30: Teixeira $3,922,216 raised (candidate loans $2,750,000 = debts) / $382,201 COH; Hook $243,839 / $104,069 (as of Sep 15, 2026).