TX-21 Democratic nominee?
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MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleBiological scientist
PartyDemocratic
GenderFemale
LocationTexas
BackgroundBiological scientist
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EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin — B.S., 2007
Notable personal detailsKristin A. Hook is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’ 21st Congressional District. She is a biological scientist who studied animal behavior and has worked at the National Institutes of Health, and later as a biologist at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She earned a B.S. and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin (2007) and a Ph.D. in behavioral biology from Cornell University (2016).
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Kristin Hook has won the Democratic nomination for Texas’s 21st Congressional District and will face Republican Mark Teixeira in the general election. She secured about 60% of the vote in the primary, making her the Democratic nominee in the open seat race. The district is expected to be a competitive but Republican-leaning contest, with redistricting and broader voting-rights fights adding to the political backdrop.
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