Tomorrow (Monday) is the deadline for candidates to file for a spot on the March 3 primary ballot as a Democrat or Republican, or to be eligible to receive the nomination of the Green or Libertarian Parties at their conventions. It is also the deadline for candidates to file to run under the banner of a political party not currently having ballot access.
It will take at more than a week to determine with certainty all of the candidates who filed and were certified to be on the ballot. County parties have until December 17 to electronically submit their candidate rosters to the Secretary of State, and state parties have a December 18 deadline. Candidates seeking to have their names removed from the ballot must withdraw by Tuesday.
There are still ways to reach the ballot if a candidate fails to file by the close of business Monday. There may be chances for partisan candidates to file past the December 9 deadline in specific cases of vacancies or the withdrawal of the lone candidate. Independent candidates must file declarations of intent to run by December 9. Write-in candidates must file their declarations of candidacy by August 17, 2020.
We expect a significant number of “new” candidates – candidates we have not previously reported on or listed in our Crib Sheets – to file by the deadline, and we anticipate not being able to research them fully by our publication time. We will list them in the style used below.
New Filings: These are candidates who have filed for federal, statewide or legislative office about whom we have not previously reported or included on our Crib Sheets (Current incumbent in parentheses):
- CCA3 – William Pieratt Demond as a Democrat (Richardson)
- CCA4 – Steven Miears of Grapevine as a Democrat (Yeary)
- SD24 – Clayton Tucker of Killeen as a Democrat (Buckingham)
- HD58 – Cindy Rocha as a Democrat (Burns)
- HD61 – Christopher Cox of Alvord as a Democrat (P. King)
- HD73 – Stephanie Phillips of Wimberly as a Democrat (Biedermann)
- SEN – D.R. Hunter as a Democrat (Cornyn)
- CD13 open – Timothy Gassaway of Amarillo as a Democrat (Thornberry)
- CD34 – Osbert Rodriguez Haro III as a Democrat (Vela)
New Campaign Committees: These are candidates who have established new campaign committees for federal, statewide or legislative office about whom we have not previously reported or included on our Crib Sheets (Current incumbent in parentheses):
- HD61 – Christopher Cox of Alvord (84423)(P. King)
- HD117 – Antonio Quinones of San Antonio (84424)(Cortez)
- HD120 – Shawn Huckabay of Converse (84426)(Gervin-Hawkins)
- HD145 – Richard Howell of Houston (84425)(Morales)
- HD146 – Jacob Campbell of Houston (82397)(Thierry)
- CD30 – John Cole of Friendswood as a Republican (730093)(E.B. Johnson)
Houston: Two days remain to vote early in the mayoral and council runoff elections. Through today (Sunday), 82K people have voted early in person or by mail, corresponding to a turnout of 7.6% of registered voters.
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