TX-21 Republican nominee?
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MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Marine Corps veteran
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyTrump-aligned Republican
GenderMale
LocationTexas
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BackgroundU.S. Marine Corps veteran
EducationLone Star College (2008–2010)
Notable personal detailsEzekiel ("Zeke") Enriquez is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’ 21st Congressional District. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who has described serving as a heavy machine gunner with a deployment to Iraq, and he has also described working as a firefighter and rancher in the Texas Hill Country. He has been active in Republican Party politics as a Harris County GOP precinct chair.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Advocates major reductions in federal spending and dismantling parts of the federal administrative/state apparatus; supports measures to stop what he describes as money printing and to defund bureaucracies. Proposes use of tools like the Holman Rule and repeal of the Federal Reserve Act to curb inflation and reduce government size. Campaign messaging emphasizes cutting spending and prioritizing smaller government economic policies.
Healthcare
Supports market-based reforms to increase access and lower costs, including expanding Health Savings Accounts and Direct Primary Care, enforcing price transparency, allowing insurance sales across state lines, and reducing federal mandates that he says disadvantage rural clinics.
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Immigration & Border
Supports strong enforcement-first border policies including physical border walls and large-scale deportations; frames immigration policy as part of a MAGA/America First agenda and emphasizes securing the border as a primary priority.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports abortion bans and describes abortion as murder, states that life begins at conception, identifies as an “abortion abolitionist,” and advocates for a national ban on abortion.
Climate & Energy
The candidate calls for eliminating the EPA and for "unleash[ing] American energy dominance," endorsing expanded oil and gas production and reduced federal energy regulation. The campaign promotes drilling and lower energy prices as priorities and supports abolishing agencies seen as regulatory obstacles.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports expansive Second Amendment rights and pledges to roll back federal firearm regulations, including repealing the National Firearms Act and abolishing the ATF; positions oppose new gun restrictions and describe restoring gun rights to their original (Founders-era) meaning.
News
Zeke Enriquez was suspended and fined by Kalshi after the company said he traded on contracts tied to his own election. Kalshi also said it referred the case to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and has since added safeguards to block candidates from trading on their own races. Earlier coverage said he was one of three candidates disciplined in the same sweep.
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Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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