In the heart of downtown Amarillo, at the bustling Crush Wine Bar and Grill, former City Council member Mark Nair stood before a crowd on Aug. 26, launching a bold campaign for Congress in Texas’ 13th District.

With a “People First” agenda, Nair, a Democrat, aims to bring a fresh voice to a region long dominated by Republican control — a district so reliably red that incumbent Rep. Ronny Jackson ran unopposed in the 2024 election, securing his third term without a single challenger.

Nair, a 30-year Amarillo resident, inventor and educator, knows the odds are steep. The 13th District, stretching from the Panhandle to Denton, is a Republican stronghold rated R+26 by the Cook Political Report. In 2022, Jackson defeated Democrat Kathleen Brown with 75.4% of the vote — 161,562 votes to Brown’

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