HD2: Royse City financial services businessman and 2016 Republican primary candidate Bryan Slaton is asking for endorsements via social media for another race against Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Van), who won last year’s primary, 51%-49%.
HD14: Bryan resident and Democratic Party activist Josh Wilkinson has established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Rep. John Raney (R-College Station).
HD26: Rep. Rick Miller (R-Sugar Land) announced he would seek re-election.
HD64: Sanger resident Andrew Morris has launched an ActBlue crowdfunding page and a Facebook page for a potential challenge of Rep. Lynn Stucky (R-Sanger) as a Democrat. According to his Facebook page, Morris earned his U.S. citizenship in 2015.
HD114: Dallas attorney Rockwell Bower has established a campaign committee for a potential challenge of Rep. Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) likely as a Democrat. He is the second Democrat to take a formal step toward entering the race, prompting this tweet from Villalba:
The Ds have the long knives out for me. Up to 2 opponents now. #Ready2Roll. https://t.co/LAI72Tvbsr
— Jason Villalba (@JasonVillalba) June 27, 2017
Villalba defeated his 2016 Democratic opponent, 56%-41%, in a district Hillary Clinton won by more than 6K votes over Donald Trump.
See our 2018 Challengers page for all 176 challengers and open seat candidates who we confirm have taken a formal step toward running for state and federal office from Texas in 2018.
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