About this office
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people. Every two years your district elects one U.S. Representative — one of 435 in Washington, and the only one who answers to you. They vote on laws that touch your health care, your taxes and your rights.
Candidates
Mark NairBefore running for Congress, Mark Nair helped design ringtones and early smartphone prototypes for companies like Nokia and worked with 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey on one of the internet's first livestreamed concerts.
About Mark
Nair is a 30-year Amarillo resident, husband and father who served on the Amarillo City Council from 2015 to 2017 and later taught economics and software development at Amarillo College, where he won a Faculty Excellence Award. He built a career as a tech entrepreneur, co-founding several startups and running a company that created the first marketplace for reselling digital media, before deciding to challenge longtime incumbent Ronny Jackson for Texas's 13th Congressional District.
Ronny L. JacksonRonny Jackson was the White House doctor who treated three presidents — Bush, Obama, and Trump — before running for Congress himself.
About Ronny
A former U.S. Navy officer, Jackson led the White House Medical Unit and served as physician to the president from 2013 to 2018. After President Trump nominated him to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2018 (a nomination he withdrew amid allegations he denied), Jackson ran for and won Texas's 13th Congressional District seat in 2020 and has represented the Amarillo-based, heavily Republican Panhandle district since 2021.