# World Series champion Teixeira wins US House seat as former NFL reporter Tafoya’s Senate bid fails

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/world-series-champion-teixeira-wins-us-house-seat-as-former-nfl-reporter-tafoyas-senate-bid-fails/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:57:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T12:11:52+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/nov/04/mark-teixeira-michele-tafoya-midterm-elections
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Elections, Entertainment, Government, Politics, TV, World

## Key points

- Mark Teixeira won a Texas House seat with 54.5% of the vote.
- Josh Turek’s Iowa victory gave Democrats at least 51 Senate seats.
- Peggy Flanagan defeated Michele Tafoya in Minnesota.

## Summary

Former baseball star Mark Teixeira won Texas’s 21st congressional district for the Republicans, while former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya lost her Minnesota Senate bid to Democrat Peggy Flanagan. Their results came amid broad Republican losses in the midterms, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s defeat.

Teixeira led Democrat Kristin Hook with 54.5% of votes counted from 99% of ballots; the seat had been Republican-held since 1979. Democrat Josh Turek’s Iowa victory secured his party at least 51 Senate seats, while Flanagan became the first Native American woman elected to the Senate. In Alabama, former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville won the governorship.

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