U.S. House · Texas's 13th District
Mark Nair
CandidateD
- Race
- U.S. House · Texas's 13th District
- Result
- Ronny L. Jackson, projected winner
- Opponent
- Ronny L. Jackson (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did3 statements · 0 votes
He'll work toward Medicare for All, making healthcare costs fair, reasonable, and affordable for every American.
Expand public health coverage
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 13
2026-11-03
| Ronny L. Jackson R | incumbent |
| Mark Nair D | challenger |
Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
He'll work toward Medicare for All, making healthcare costs fair, reasonable, and affordable for every American.
His platform says he will work toward Medicare for All.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Tariffs belong in Congress's hands, not the president's.
His platform says tariffs belong with Congress rather than the president and describes current tariffs as having raised farmers' costs and cost them export markets.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
While our roads crumble, our water systems age, and our rural hospitals close, our government is pouring billions into detention camps. That is a choice. And it is the wrong one.
His platform criticizes federal spending on detention, calls for an end to for-profit detention, and calls for a path to citizenship for law-abiding families.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Mark Nair, a Democrat and former Amarillo city councilman, lost the November 3, 2026 election for Texas's 13th District to Rep. Ronny Jackson. He describes himself as an inventor, entrepreneur and educator who worked for more than two decades at an entertainment-distribution company before teaching economics and software development at Amarillo College. His campaign focused on healthcare, government accountability and education.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Nair earned a high school diploma from Westfield High School, a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 1988 and a graduate degree from Texas A&M in 1991.[2] In his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, he says he worked for 23 years in the entertainment distribution business at Anderson Merchandisers; his campaign website says he was the company's head of innovation.[2][4] He has taught economics and software development at the college level, and he says he won the Faculty Excellence Award at Amarillo College in 2020.[2][4]
Nair describes himself as an inventor with a few technological patents and a member of the National Academy of Inventors, and says he helps mentor startup companies at the Texas Tech Innovation Hub and the National Science Foundation.[2][4] He is a former member of the Amarillo City Council.[2][3][4] Nair ran unopposed in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary and received 28,198 votes.[2][3] He received 34.8% of the vote to Ronny Jackson's 65.2%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
Nair has lived in Amarillo for more than 30 years with his wife, Suzanne; he says they have three children, all born in Amarillo.[2][4]
In their own words
Priorities
- Separate healthcare from employment through a national health care plan, saying the current system makes healthcare about insurance rather than health.[6]
- Government accountability: remove corporate and dark money from politics, ban congressional stock trading, and impose term limits on elected officials.[6]
- Education and economic opportunity, including opposition to dismantling the Department of Education and support for a national jobs program.[6]
Campaign money$102K raised · 88% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $90K
- Party $750
- Own money & loans $11K
Largest committee contributions
No direct contributions from PACs or other committees in the FEC’s bulk data.
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/mark-nair
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.U.S. House · Texas's 13th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.Mark Nair Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-01-28 Candidate's own words
- 3.Ronny Jackson, Mark Nair to face off in Congressional District 13 race · Denton Record-Chronicle · 2026-03-04 News report
- 4.About Mark — Mark Nair for Congress · Mark Nair for Congress · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 5.The People First Platform · Mark Nair for Congress campaign website · 2026-10-03 Candidate's own words
- 6.Mark Nair Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-01-28 Candidate's own words