{"id":1857,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1857","headline":"Mark Teixeira wins U.S. House seat in Texas","dek":"The former Yankees and Rangers first baseman, a three-time All-Star, won election to represent Texas's 21st Congressional District.","body":"Mark Teixeira is headed to Washington. The former Yankees and Rangers slugger, who made three All-Star teams during his playing career, has won election to the U.S. House seat representing Texas's 21st Congressional District, running as a Republican.\n\nTeixeira spent parts of his career with the Rangers, Braves, Angels and Yankees, known for his switch-hitting power and Gold Glove defense at first base. He retired from baseball and has now moved into elected office, becoming the latest former professional athlete to make the jump from pro sports to national politics.\n\nNo further details on his term or committee assignments have been announced.","published_at":"2026-11-04T23:33:22.238429+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Former Yankees, Rangers All-Star Mark Teixeira wins U.S. House seat in Texas","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mark-teixeira-texas-house-yankees-rangers/"},{"outlet":"MLB.com","publisher":"MLB.com","title":"Former Ranger Teixeira elected to House seat in Texas","url":"https://www.mlb.com/news/mark-teixeira-house-seat-texas"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Ex-MLB star Teixeira wins election to U.S. House in Texas","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50376245/former-mlb-star-mark-teixeira-wins-us-house-seat-texas"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mark Teixeira is one of the few Republicans who had a good night","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mark-teixeira-one-few-republicans-132828514.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}