World Series champion Teixeira wins US House seat as former NFL reporter Tafoya’s Senate bid fails
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- The Guardian US reports: “Former MLB star wins for Republicans in TexasTafoya loses to Peggy Flanagan in MinnesotaFormer World Series champion turned Republican politician Mark Teixeira will represent Texas’s 21st Congress…”
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