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Kristen Hook filed for the 21st Congressional District's 2024 Democratic Primary on Monday.
Scientist Kristin Hook is the first person to file for the 2024 Democratic primary for Texas's 21st Congressional District. Roy was first elected to represent the district — which spans parts of San Antonio and Austin along with a wide swath of the Hill Country — in 2018.
Hook announced her candidacy Monday on social media.
"This is what a scientist running for office looks like," she wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Hook holds a PhD and worked until October as a biological scientist for the U.S. Accountability Office in Washington, D.C., according to her LinkedIn profile. Prior to that, she was at the National Institute of Health and also served as an ASA Congressional Science and Tech Policy Fellow in the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts.
Despite those credentials and Roy's reputation as a partisan bomb thrower, Hook faces an uphill battle in the right-leaning 21st District.It’s OFFICIAL - today I filed to run as the Democratic candidate against Chip Roy to serve the needs of Texas’ 21st Congressional District!!!!!
— Kristin Hook, PhD (@Kristin_Hook) December 11, 2023
This is what a scientist running for office looks like!!!!
Let’s do this Texas!!! 💪🏼✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/0N6FgNArqr
During Roy's 2022 reelection bid, he defeated Democrat Claudia Zapata 62.8% to 37.2%.
Over the past two years, Roy has grabbed headlines for stunts including a meltdown defending drug company profits, telling his colleagues to "kiss his ass" for not funding a border wall and threatening to derail a defense bill because the Air Force dared to recognize Pride Month.
Roy was also the only member of San Antonio's congressional delegation to vote against removing George Santos from office earlier this month.
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