Candidates for the HD120 and HD139 special elections were required to file 30-day-out campaign finance reports on April 7. Reports were available online for five of the six candidates, and they combined to raise less than $7,500 since their last reports.

Independent Laura Thompson reported raising $2,925 and Democrat Lou Miller reported raising $1,050 in HD120. Democrat LaTronda Darnell reported no contributions, and no report was available for Democrat Chris Dawkins.

$2,008 – Cash on Hand

$0 – Contributions (2/21-3/28)
$0 – Expenditures (2/21-3/28)

$0 – Total Contributions (2015-16)
$7,992 – Total Expenditures (2015-16)

$10,000 – Loan Principal

No report available online

$1,635 – Cash on Hand

$1,050 – Contributions (2/21-3/28)
$213 – Expenditures (2/21-3/28)

$9,420 – Total Contributions (2015-16)
$9.250 – Total Expenditures (2015-16)

$1,651 – Loan Principal

$93 – Cash on Hand

$2,925 – Contributions (1/1-3/28)
$2,832 – Expenditures (1/1-3/28)

$2,925 – Total Contributions (2015-16)
$2,832 – Total Expenditures (2015-16)

$0 – Loan Principal

Democrat Jarvis Johnson reported raising $3,500 in HD139. Democrat RayKey Trevino reported no contributions.

$22,580 – Cash on Hand

$3,500 – Contributions (1/1-3/28)
$5,900 – Expenditures (1/1-3/28)

$10.475 – Total Contributions (2015-16)
$17,895 – Total Expenditures (2015-16)

$0 – Loan Principal

$0 – Cash on Hand

$0 – Contributions (2/18-3/28)
$2,221– Expenditures (2/18-3/28)

$0 – Total Contributions (2015-16)
$2,221 – Total Expenditures (2015-16)

$0 – Loan Principal

One candidate in each race could be eligible to serve a full term beginning in January:

  • Should Laura Thompson win the HD120 special election, she would be the incumbent on the general election ballot assuming she files the correct paperwork and gathers sufficient valid signatures to have her independent candidacy certified.
  • Should Jarvis Johnson win the HD139 special election, he would be the incumbent for the primary runoff election against Kimberly Willis.

The remaining candidates either failed to advance to a primary runoff or never filed for the primary.

Barbara Gervin Hawkins, Mario Salas and Kimberly Willis did not file for the respective special election despite advancing to their respective primary runoff elections. Hawkins and Salas were ineligible to take office following the special election canvass because they had not lived in the district for a year. Willis said she did not file in order to focus on the runoff election.

The special elections are May 7. Early voting begins April 25.