Filing for partisan nomination or an independent candidacy for the 2022 general election concludes at 6 p.m. local time (today).
As far as we can tell, all incumbent statewide officials, legislators and members of Congress who announced plans to run for re-election (or at least didn’t announce plans to the contrary) have filed except for Reps. Claudia Ordaz Perez (D-El Paso), Ana-Maria Ramos (D-Dallas) and Ron Reynolds (D-Missouri City). Ordaz Perez is paired with Rep. Art Fierro (D-El Paso), who has filed for re-election.
It generally takes a couple of weeks for all the filing activity to shake out completely. County and state party chairs are not required to submit candidate information to the Secretary of State until December 21. The Secretary of State has an additional day to post certified candidate lists on its website. In rare cases for which extended deadlines are triggered, these deadlines shift a few days later. It can take longer to obtain information on independent candidates, who must file declarations of intent by tomorrow (Monday), but their actual application is not due until June 23. Write-in candidates cannot begin submitting their applications until July 23.
Thanks, Dr. @MarkPJonesTX for this call to arms. Both @DelilahforTexas and @timelordcrow have gathered the necessary filing fees! #TXLege #TX2022 #TXGov @TXRRC #GreenTwitter https://t.co/QYG8U5NkVp
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) December 10, 2021
Deirdre Gilbert, a Missouri City woman who previously announced she was running for governor as a Democrat, just announced she's shifting to run as an independent instead. pic.twitter.com/hlvBmwIlmr
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) December 8, 2021
So excited to see my close friend, hemp advocate, and fellow @JanesDueProcess lawyer file to run for Ag Commissioner. Rural Texas needs a fighter like Susan Hays, not a corrupt politician like Sid Miller. https://t.co/D6WPysrBOO pic.twitter.com/KBlLeDkq1M
— Rochelle Garza (@RochelleMGarza) December 9, 2021
(2/2) he cannot appear on a general-election ballot due Election Code Sec. 162.015. That says someone can't be a party's nominee for an office if they were also a candidate for another party's nomination for the same office.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) December 8, 2021
Another filing update tomorrow. Local school board election results from Saturday:
Conservative trustees take 2 seats from Houston ISD incumbents https://t.co/e4ENbA0U2G via @houstonchron
— Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer) December 12, 2021
Didn't see any whining about delayed returns posted by Harris Votes, but didn't look very hard, either (had much better plans for my Saturday night). Relative to the outcomes: it must have been those two non-votes from my household that turned the the tide red. Wait; nope. Don't live in those jurisdictions. Blame other Green Party members, or maybe Susan Sarandon.
For those who have offspring who will be educated in the state's public school systems, better get out there and hustle up your preferred electorate in the next election. Because the fundies certainly are.
Back to the future (2022).
The most consequential fact about Gov. Abbott in this @nytimes dispatch from Texas: “He frequently blocks out his daily schedule for eight hours of fund-raising calls.” https://t.co/hjAEl6vTOI
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) December 13, 2021
Fifty-five million dollars and more every day in the coffers and Governor Helen Wheels still grinds on the telephone like an extended warranty salesman. Are you impressed by his determination? Is this the type of person you want re-elected?
IMHO it's the result of a political system long gone rancid.
Another example: the ridiculousness of the latest goobernatorial poll underscoring the lack of value of this so-called science. Braddock again with the hammer on the head of the nail.
Never read too much into one poll. But one way to read this one would be that in a world where the Texas electricity grid is not a factor, Abbott beats O'Rourke in a landslide. That could prove true if Beto goes all in on the grid then everything turns out fine #TxLege https://t.co/GvFUeR9wbq
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) December 8, 2021
Gambling on another Uri that does not come to pass probably ruins Texas Dems -- or at least their consultants -- for another generation, which is to say forever (when the climate fries us all). Yes, I have blogged recently that the grid issue is paramount for Team Blue. But they need to fight on multi-fronts, and on some bipartisan topics that Abbott won't risk touching, like cannabis legalization and civil asset reform (or better yet, abolishment). Maybe even damage to the state's economy.
BIG: The nation’s largest teachers union is cancelling its 2022 convention in Dallas \ over new Texas restrictions on voting, abortion and what teachers can teach about racial history. Exclusive via @The74 https://t.co/kJ46AIN07j pic.twitter.com/lS7QpaaWKU
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) December 7, 2021
Meanwhile ...
Diaz says she decided to run for governor because she was raised on the principle of service.
— Madlin Mekelburg (@madlinbmek) December 8, 2021
“The current governor of Texas has forgotten what that word means...The play he is writing is called, ‘I want to be president.’ That’s not service.” #txlege pic.twitter.com/Xpa6lJSgbQ
I would imagine Diaz gets very favorable treatment from the state's political media. How that translates into electoral success is to be determined. This seems like a vanity play. The TexDem Latin@ base vote might push her into a runoff with Beto. Won't that look great for everybody.
Prescient from the TexTrib's James Barragan and Cassi Pollock. Or was it Brett Kavanaugh?
“Every constitutional right is now at risk": Legal experts warn Supreme Court action on Texas abortion law could lead to copycats on other issues, story w/ @cassi_pollock https://t.co/4J0z99hU8h via @TexasTribune
— James Barragán 🌟 (@James_Barragan) December 10, 2021
California governor wants Texas-like law to ban assault guns > https://t.co/FZr8VFxqtO
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) December 12, 2021
What happened in Oxford Township, Michigan, is a reminder that guns brought into the home to protect our children are actually killing them, as if Texans — after Santa Fe, El Paso and Sutherland Springs — needed a reminder, writes the Editorial Board. https://t.co/E2Y6NGSlfx
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) December 12, 2021
Since I got a few days behind again ...
Unlawful delegation of state power, state District Judge David Peeples rules.
— Bob Garrett (@RobertTGarrett) December 9, 2021
On the new Texas abortion law's enforcement mechanism that invites people to sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion after about 6 weeks.
Via @MorrisReports. #txlege #SB8https://t.co/54SCGsWpUj
#SCOTUS lets Texas abortion law continue but says providers can sue https://t.co/Yg65ZdFu1N #TXLege
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) December 10, 2021
"Staying open is not sustainable if this ban stays in effect much longer," said Amy Hagstrom Miller, president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, which operates four clinics in Texas and is the chief plaintiff in the case before the Supreme Court. https://t.co/DB8AsvvbOQ
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) December 10, 2021
Kuff also reviewed the state and federal rulings on SB8.
TX SOS announces it's requesting documents from Dallas, Collin, Tarrant & Harris Co. as part of "Phase 2" of 2020 election audit.
— Blake Hanson (@BlakeFox4News) December 10, 2021
There's no widespread evidence of fraud. State launched investigation after fmr. President Trump demanded audit. Trump won Texas in 2020. pic.twitter.com/96Stany9DD
SocraticGadfly also blogged about the latest suit against the Texas election law, the minor parties over filing fees (trust me on this: SG hates everybody). Jessica Huseman at VoteBeat.org reported on the insanity of the Potter County Republican Party and its plans for an all-analog primary.
Nearly 12,000 registered voters have received letters demanding proof of citizenship as part of Texas's newest effort at "voter list maintenance." https://t.co/YCCbZWlLWM
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) December 12, 2021
One environmental update ...
Big Oil started out singing "It's a Small World" at the World Petroleum Congress and ended with a menacing threat. https://t.co/NrkRaR5h0M @HoustonChron #ClimateCrisis #txlege
— ChrisTomlinson (@cltomlinson) December 10, 2021
... and one social justice update today.
Defense attorneys also slammed the county judge for picking what a regional judge guessed are his friends over the state-assigned judges.
— Jolie McCullough (@jsmccullou) December 10, 2021
The county judge didn’t respond to questions, but read more here on how this came to be:
https://t.co/LoJCBijlTB #txlege #immigration
More tomorrow. Ending with the calm-me-downs.
With over 100 restaurants featured in 'Lost Restaurants of Galveston’s African American Community,' the breadth of the list speaks volumes about the contributions of Black citizens to the culture and history of the island. https://t.co/zusYXfqkrx
— Texas Highways Magazine (@TexasHighways) December 10, 2021
San Antonio was at the center of the Mexican American civil rights movement.
— Texas Public Radio (@TPRNews) December 11, 2021
Now, 15 sites on the city’s historic West Side are featured in a new interactive, self-guided walking and driving tour called Mapping the Movimiento.https://t.co/VXBaLw5Zir
The Austin Chronicle has a South by Southwest update.
BREAKING: Mexican singer and icon of the Mexican music industry Vicente Fernandez, "Don Chente", has died at the age of 81. https://t.co/stcPaxhfn1
— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) December 12, 2021
Waco native Dave Campbell, a major figure in Texas sports journalism for seven decades, died Friday after a recent hospital stay with pneumonia. https://t.co/UxKZlNEuWM
— Waco Tribune-Herald (@wacotrib) December 11, 2021
I have viewed as many Texas history photos, probably, as anybody. This is one over the very best I've seen. Great story, too. It blew me away.https://t.co/ou9wwUiLPk@TexasHighways
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 7, 2021
