Texas — 21st District

Kristin Hook

Supports comprehensive bipartisan border reform

Hook supports a secure, orderly, and humane immigration system. She advocates for long-term bipartisan reform that creates legal pathways to citizenship, increases case processing efficiency, and stops anonymous ICE raids while addressing root causes of migration.

• Support bipartisan efforts for comprehensive immigration reform
• Establish new legal pathways to citizenship for hardworking immigrants
• Stop anonymous ICE raids and increase law enforcement accountability
• Improve case processing efficiency and address root causes of migration

“Growing up near the border, I know firsthand the value that immigrants bring to our communities. I believe a more humane and just immigration system is possible and am dedicated to supporting long-term bipartisan solutions to fix our broken immigration system so everyone feels safe.”

“I am committed to a secure, orderly, and humane border so that everyone feels safe.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports strict border enforcement and deportations

Teixeira pledges to fully implement President Trump's border agenda. His platform focuses on complete border security, mass deportation of illegal immigrants, and aggressive action against drug cartels.

• Fully secure the southern border
• Deport illegal aliens
• Crush drug cartels to keep Texans safe

“Fully secure the southern border, deport illegal aliens, and crush the cartels to keep Texans safe.”

Kristin Hook

Supports middle-class investments and progressive taxation

Hook focuses on lowering living costs for working families by raising wages, capping rent increases, and providing paid family leave. She advocates for tax code reforms that require corporations and wealthy individuals to pay more while repealing Trump-era tax cuts.

• Raise the federal minimum wage and address income inequality
• Cap rent increases and expand affordable housing access
• Repeal Trump tax cuts and reform tax code for corporations and billionaires
• Crack down on price-gouging, monopolies, and corporate greed

“I grew up in a household that lived paycheck to paycheck and understand firsthand the strain of rising costs. If elected, I will support policies that make sure our economy works for everyone so that every hard-working Texan can thrive.”

“It’s time to put working people in charge and build an economy that works for all of us – not billionaires and special interests.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports cutting federal spending and DOGE

Teixeira aims to combat inflation and grow the economy by cutting wasteful federal government spending. He advocates expanding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and reining in federal administrative agencies.

• Expand the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
• Cut wasteful federal spending
• Rein in bureaucracy to put taxpayers first

“Expand DOGE to cut insane wasteful spending, rein in the Deep State, and grow the economy by putting taxpayers first.”

Kristin Hook

Supports expanding ACA and Medicare

Hook views healthcare as a human right and seeks to lower out-of-pocket costs by expanding Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. She supports capping prescription drug prices, expanding price transparency, and improving rural and mental healthcare access.

• Protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP
• Lower prescription drug costs through expanded Medicare price negotiations
• Enforce price transparency and antitrust measures against health insurance and hospital networks
• Expand mental health services, telehealth, and registered nurse staffing

“Addressing our broken and expensive healthcare system is one of my top priorities. I believe healthcare is a human right and will fight to make healthcare affordable and accessible so that Texans don't have to worry about getting their medical needs met.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports free-market healthcare and choice

Teixeira advocates for market-driven solutions to lower healthcare costs and expand consumer choice. He opposes federal control over personal healthcare decisions.

• Lower healthcare costs through market competition
• Expand choice for healthcare consumers
• Stop federal government control over healthcare decisions

“Lower costs, expand choice, and stop Washington from controlling your healthcare decisions.”

Kristin Hook

Supports federal abortion rights and IVF

Hook supports passing federal legislation to restore abortion rights nationwide and protect access to contraception and in-vitro fertilization (IVF). She strongly opposes state-level abortion bans and restrictive reproductive laws.

• Co-sponsor and support legislation restoring federal abortion rights
• Establish a legal right to contraception and expand access
• Protect statutory access to IVF and mail-order reproductive medicines
• Support evidence-based sex education in public schools

“I believe family planning decisions are deeply personal and should be made by patients and providers, not politicians. Every Texan family should have access to the life-saving healthcare they need, and they shouldn't have to leave home to find it.”

Mark Teixeira

Opposes abortion and defends unborn

Teixeira takes a pro-life stance, pledging to protect the unborn and defend traditional family values and religious liberty against liberal cultural policies.

• Protect the unborn
• Safeguard religious liberty
• Fight against Cultural Marxism

“Protect the unborn, safeguard religious liberty, and fight against Cultural Marxism.”

Kristin Hook

Supports public education and opposes vouchers

Hook opposes school voucher programs, calling them a scam that redirects funding away from public schools. She supports raising teacher pay, universal pre-K, preserving the federal Department of Education, and bolstering aid for higher education and trade schools.

• Adequately fund public education and raise teacher salaries
• Oppose private school voucher programs
• Establish universal pre-K and expanded affordable childcare
• Protect the federal Department of Education and expand Pell Grants and student aid

“I am the product of Texas public schools. As a former middle school teacher, I will support initiatives that strengthen our public education system so that every teacher and student can thrive – regardless of their zip code.”

“This year, Texas Republicans enacted a school voucher program that will further starve public schools. This is wrong. Veiled as a form of “parental choice,” vouchers are nothing short of a scam that takes money away from public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthiest Texan families.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports parental rights and ending DEI

Teixeira emphasizes parental rights and traditional education values. He advocates eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and promoting patriotic curricula in schools.

• Eliminate DEI programs in educational institutions
• Defend parental rights and educational freedom
• Restore patriotic education rooted in American and Texas values
• End radical woke indoctrination in classrooms

“End radical woke indoctrination, defend parental rights, kill DEI, restore patriotic education rooted in American and Texas values.”

Kristin Hook

Supports clean energy and climate action

Hook frames climate change as an urgent threat to Central Texas. She advocates for federal investments in clean energy technology, holding polluters accountable, protecting public lands, and addressing regional water shortages.

• Advance clean energy technologies and incentives
• Develop federal solutions for Central Texas water shortages
• Slash pollution and hold polluting corporations accountable
• Fund federal scientific agencies and environmental conservation

“The natural beauty of Texas is what inspired me to become a biologist. As a scientist, I am wholeheartedly committed to protecting, restoring, and funding our natural environment and its resources – especially water.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports oil, gas, and nuclear expansion

Teixeira supports expanding Texas energy output across oil, gas, and nuclear power to lower household energy costs and secure U.S. energy dominance.

• Unleash Texas oil and gas production
• Expand nuclear energy capabilities
• Restore U.S. energy dominance to drive down costs

“Unleash Texas oil, gas, and nuclear to restore U.S. energy dominance and drive down costs for families.”

Kristin Hook

Supports expanding voting rights and oversight

Hook advocates for federal legislation to protect voting rights, eliminate gerrymandering through independent redistricting commissions, and reduce money in politics. She also highlights her background as a federal investigator who held corporate and government entities accountable.

• Establish independent redistricting commissions to stop gerrymandering
• Expand voting rights, early voting, and mail-in voting accessibility
• Restore federal Voting Rights Act protections
• Reduce dark money influence in elections

“Our democracy is at stake. I am committed to getting money out of politics and will support legislation that protects voting rights to make sure that every Texan voice is heard.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports strict voter verification and term limits

Teixeira prioritizes strict election integrity rules, including ensuring only U.S. citizens can vote. He also supports establishing congressional term limits to reduce the power of career politicians.

• Enforce citizen-only voting requirements
• Implement strict ballot security measures to prevent election fraud
• Enact constitutional term limits for members of Congress

“Make sure only U.S. citizens vote in elections and make it impossible to cheat.”

“End the era of career politicians by enacting term limits and holding Congress accountable to the people.”

Kristin Hook

Supports community safety investments and drug treatment

Hook emphasizes investing in safer communities through bipartisan legislation and evidence-based drug treatment programs while maintaining oversight over public safety institutions.

• Support legislative investments in safer communities
• Expand evidence-based drug treatment programs
• Maintain strong oversight and accountability for public safety systems

“In the U.S. Senate, I fought corruption and helped write bipartisan laws that invest in safer communities, clean water, and good-paying union jobs.”

Mark Teixeira

Supports law enforcement and strict sentencing

Teixeira advocates backing police officers, securing local communities, and holding violent criminals accountable while ending soft-on-crime policies.

• Back law enforcement officers
• Hold violent offenders strictly accountable
• Stop soft-on-crime criminal justice policies

“Back the blue, secure communities, and hold violent criminals accountable — stop politically correct soft-on-crime policies.”

Kristin Hook

Supports gun safety regulations

Hook notes that registering to vote in Texas carries stricter requirements than purchasing a gun and supports common-sense safety regulations to protect communities while respecting constitutional rights.

• Address disparities in state voter registration versus firearm purchasing laws
• Support common-sense gun safety measures to protect communities

“It is harder to register to vote than to get a gun in the state of Texas.”

Mark Teixeira

Opposes gun restrictions and defends 2A

Teixeira opposes any federal or state infringements on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, framing gun ownership as a God-given right.

• Defend the Second Amendment against all federal or state infringements
• Protect individual firearm rights as a constitutional right

“Protect the God-given right to keep and bear arms from any infringement, federal or otherwise.”

Kristin Hook

Supports defending international human rights

Hook includes defending human rights globally as a cornerstone of her foreign policy vision, promoting democratic values and international standards.

• Defend international human rights abroad
• Promote democratic standards and global accountability

“Foreign Affairs: Defending Human Rights”

Mark Teixeira

Supports America First foreign policy

Teixeira endorses President Trump's America First foreign policy, prioritizing domestic security interests and ending American involvement in long-term foreign conflicts.

• Champion President Trump's America First agenda
• End foreign military involvement in forever wars
• Prioritize American national security interests at home and abroad

“End forever wars and put America's interests first at home and abroad.”