2026 Texas General Election

Mark Nair

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Mark Nair announces run for Congress in Texas' 13th District

Mark is an inventor and entrepreneur with multiple patents. He teaches economics and software development at Amarillo College. He also guides startups at the Texas Tech Innovation Hub and the National Science Foundation. 

Mark previously ran for Texas U.S. Representative, District 13, in 2024 but did not win.

Aims to return power to Congress and bring stability back to people's finances.

Said, "He is fighting for fairness, dignity, and a wage you can actually live on."

Will push to expand access to new agricultural technologies, secure water rights for farming communities, and create pathways out of debt for long-term financial stability while breaking the monopolistic control of large corporations over farmers' supply chains and markets.

Said, "He'll push for increased funding for our rural hospitals and clinics, facilities that have been cut to the bone and are disappearing from communities that need them most. No one should have to drive an hour for basic care."

Said, "He'll work toward Medicare for All, making healthcare costs fair, reasonable, and affordable for every American."

Economy

Said, "He'll push for a ban on stock trading in Congress. And he'll push for real term limits, because no one should make a career out of public service while getting rich from it."

Public Safety

Healthcare

Said, "Mark will fight to make community college free and accessible to every American. He will push to reduce the crushing burden of student debt. He will restore federal research funding and protect the international academic partnerships that strengthen our universities and our economy. And he will defend the independence of our educational institutions from political interference. He will always stand for academic freedom and independence, and he will always support critical thinking, honest inquiry, good faith debate, and the First Amendment promised of free speech."

Said, "He will push to reduce the crushing burden of student debt."

Said, "He will always stand for academic freedom and independence, and he will always support critical thinking, honest inquiry, good faith debate, and the First Amendment promised of free speech."

Aims to reduce the burden of student debt.

Education

Supports expanding federal grants for water desalination and clean water infrastructure, investing in science and infrastructure to replenish aquifers, and addressing the water crisis as a generational challenge.

Said, "He'll push to expand access to new agricultural technologies, secure water rights for farming communities, and create pathways out of debt that lead to long term financial stability."

Energy & the Environment

Said, "He'll push for real campaign finance reform so billionaires can't buy elections anymore. He'll fight for strict ethics rules and full financial transparency for every member of Congress."

Voting & Elections

Said, "A path to citizenship for law-abiding families, protection for DREAMers, and an end to for-profit detention centers alongside strengthened border security."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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