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Texas Senator Election Race Filing Deadlines:

All races reopen on February 1, 2012
Primary date is to be determined.


A federal three-judge panel here is considering delaying the Texas primary election for the second time in two months, posing a number of logistical and political challenges for Republican and Democratic leaders and candidates as a redistricting dispute between the state and several minority groups remains for the most part at a stalemate.

The primary had been scheduled for April 3, but at the end of a two-day hearing on Wednesday, Judge Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that a primary in April was “extremely unlikely” and that the new date would probably be May 29. But the judges stopped short of selecting a new date, asking lawyers with the state Democratic and Republican Parties to outline new candidate filing periods and other deadlines using May 29 as a tentative date.

Democrats and the minority groups had urged a later primary, while Republicans had argued for an earlier one, in part because a late May or June primary delays Texas from having a significant voice in the Republican presidential race. The primary had been scheduled for Super Tuesday, on March 6, but in December the federal panel pushed back the date to April 3. If the new date becomes May 29, Texas will hold one of the last primaries in the country; all but six states will have voted in the Republican race by then.

State party officials for the Democrats and the Republicans said that if a primary was held on May 29, their state conventions, both set for early June, would proceed, although Republican leaders said they would have to change how they picked delegates and would need a court order allowing them to do that.

The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, Steve Munisteri, had told the judges that choosing between a May 29 primary or one in June was like asking him if he wanted to be shot in the stomach or in the head. Outside the courthouse on Wednesday, he said that although a May 29 primary would pose a number of challenges, it could allow Texas to play the role of a kingmaker in a tight Republican presidential race.

“If the race is still going on, Texas has a chance to be the deciding factor, or in combination with California, a deciding factor,” Mr. Munisteri said.

The redistricting lawsuit has put Texas in a kind of political paralysis, with no viable electoral maps for Congressional and State House and Senate districts and no definitive primary date. Candidates have struggled to raise money and mount effective campaigns.

“It’s completely unprecedented,” said Michael Li, a Dallas lawyer who specializes in election law and runs a Web site following the case, Txredistricting.org. “For 40 years, Texas has had lots of redistricting litigation, but there’s never been a situation where the whole election process has been put in a state of suspended animation.”

The plaintiffs, which include the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas N.A.A.C.P., sued the state over the electoral maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature. They assert that the maps discriminate against minorities, diluting and fracturing their voting strength at a time of tremendous growth in the Hispanic and black populations in the state.

Lawyers for Attorney General Greg Abbott have argued that the maps are not discriminatory and that any effect on minorities would have nothing to do with race, but be the result of efforts to help Republicans keep power.

The panel had asked the state and the minority groups to agree to a set of proposed maps, after a ruling on the case by the United States Supreme Court, but the resulting compromise maps released last week did not have the support of all the groups involved in the lawsuit. Still, some progress was made. On Wednesday, lawyers for the minority groups said they had reached an agreement with the state’s lawyers on a proposed State Senate map, one of the three sets of disputed maps.Source: NYT March 16,2012


Texas Senator Election Race

Republican Senator Candidates

Glenn Addison (R) - Tea Party Favorite
Ted Cruz (R)
Tim Day (R)
David Dewhurst (R)
Craig James (R)
Joe Agris (R)
Curt Cleaver (R)
Ben Gamvini (R)
Charles Holcomb (R)
Tom Leppert (R)
Lela Pittenger (R)

Democrat Senator Candidates

Chet Edwards (D)
Stanley Garza (D)
Sean Hubbard (D)
Ricardo Sanchez (D)
John Sharp (D)
Addie Dainell Allen (D)
Dan Boone (D)
Jason Gibson (D)
Paul Sadler (D)

Other Senator Candidates

Eric Kirkland (Constitution)
Jon Roland (Libertarian)
Wayne Huffman (Libertarian)
Scott Jameson (Libertarian)
Michael Champion (Independent)

Texas Candidates for US Congress from TX

District 1:
Louie Gohmert (R)
Shirley McKellar (D)

District 2:
Ted Poe (R)
 James Veasaw (Libertarian)
John Wieder (Libertarian)

District 3:
Josh Caesar (R)
Sam Johnson (R)
Harry Pierce (R)
Chris Claytor (Libertarian)

District 4:
John Cooper (R)
Lou Gigliotti (R)
Ralph Hall (R)

District 5:
Tom Berry (D)
Jeb Hensarling (R)
Ken Ashby (Libertarian)

District 6:

Joe Barton (R)>
Joe Chow (R)
Frank Kuchar (R)
David Alameel (D
Don Jaquess (D)
Hugh Chauvin (Libertarian)

District 7:
Phillip Andrew(D)
James Cargas (D)
John Culberson (R)
Drew Parks (Libertarian)

District 8:
Neil Burns (D
Kevin Brady (R)
Larry Youngblood (R)
Roy Hall (Libertarian)

District 9:
Al Green (D)
Steve Mueller (R

District 10:
Dan Grant (D)
Ernie Beltz Jr. (R)
Michael McCaul (R)
Richard Priest (Libertarian)

District 11:
Jim Riley (D)
Mike Conaway (R)
Chris Younts (R)
John Ulstrom (Independent)

District 12:
Kay Granger (R)
Dave Robinson (D)
Patrick Hisel(Libertarian)
Matt Solodow (Libertarian)

District 13:
Mac Thornberry (R)
Pam Barlow (R)

District 14:
Nick Lampson (D)
Tim Day (R)
John Gay (R)
Robert Gonzalez(R)
George Harper (R)
Felicia Harris (R)
Mark Mansius (R)
Jay Old (R)
Bill Sargent (R)
Michael Truncale (R)
Randy Weber (R)
Zach Grady (Libertarian)
Amy Jacobellis(Libertarian)
Eugene Flynn (Independent)

District 15:
David Cantu (D)
Jane Cross (D)
Ruben Hinojosa (D)
Johnny Partain (D)
Ruben Ramirez (D)
Dale Brueggemann (R)
Jim Kuiken (R)
Eddie Zamora (R)

District 16:
Silvestre Reyes (D)
Ben "Buddy" Mendoza (D)
Beto O'Rourke (D)
Jerome Tilghman (D)
Corey Roen (R)
Junart Sodoy (Libertarian)

District 17:
Bill Flores (R)
Ben Easton (Libertarian)

District 18:
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Sean Seibert (R)
Mike Taylor (Libertarian)
Mauric Duhon (Independent)

District 19:
Randy Neugebauer (R)
Richard "Chip" Peterson (Libertarian)

District 20:
Joaquin Castro (D)
Ezra Johnson (D)
David Rosa (R)
A.E. "Tracy" Potts (Libertarian)

District 21:
Elaine Henderson (D)
Lamar Smith (R)
John-Henry Liberty (Libertarian)
James Strohm (Libertarian)

District 22:
Doug Blatt (D)
K.P. George (D)
Kesha Rogers (D)
Pete Olson (R)
Barbara Carlson (R)
Steve Susman (Libertarian)

District 23:
John Bustamante(D)
Pete Gallego (D)
Francisco Canseco (R)
Craig Stephens (Independent)
J.B. Oswalt (Libertarian)

District 24:
Kenny Marchant (R)
Grant Stinchfield (R)
Patrick McGehearty (D)
David Sparks (Libertarian)

District 25:
Lloyd Doggett (D)
Bill Burch (R)
Dianne Costa (R)
Dave Garrison (R)
Justin Hewlett (R)
Brian Matthews(R)
Wes Riddle (R)
Chad Wilbanks (R)
Michael Williams (R)
Scott Ballard (Libertarian)

District 26:
 Michael Burgess (R)
David Sanchez(D)
Mark Boler (Libertarian)

District 27:

Denise Saenz Blanchard (D)
Ramiro Garza (D)
Rose Meza Harrison(D)
Salomon Torres (D)
Anthony Troiani (D)
Armando Villalobos (D)
R. Blake Farenthold (R)
Don Al Middlebrook (R)

District 28:
Henry Cuellar (D)
William Hayward (R)

District 29:
Gene Green (D)
James Stanczak (Libertarian)

District 30:
Eddie Johnson (D)
Barbara Mallory Caraway (D)
Taj Clayton (D)
Travis Washington Jr. (R)
Ed Rankin (Libertarian)

District 31:
Stephen Wyman (D)
John Carter (R)
Ethan Garofolo (Libertarian)

District 32:
Walter Hofheinz (D)
Pete Sessions (R)
Seth Hollist (Libertarian)
Brian Zoch (Libertarian)

District 33: (NEW)
Kathleen Hicks (D)
Kenneth Sanders (D)
Manuel Valdez (D)
Marc Veasey (D)
Chuck Bradley (R)
Bill Lawrence (R)
Al Lee (R)
Monte Mitchell (R)
Roger Williams (R)
Tommy Alicea (Libertarian)

District 34:(NEW)
Murphy Alade Junaid(D
Jessica Puente Bradshaw(R)
Adela Garza (R)
John Grunwald (R)
Paul Haring (R)
Trey Roberts (R)
Marc Young (R)
Steven Shanklin (Libertarian)

District 35: (NEW)
Maria Luisa Alvarado(D)
Ciro Rodriguez (D)
Sylvia Romo (D)
Patrick Shearer (D)
Susan Narvaiz (R)
Rob Roark (R)
Ross Lynn Leone (Libertarian)

District 36: (NEW)
Max Martin (D)
Jerry Doyle (R)
Jim Engstrand (R)
Ky Griffin (R)
Mike Jackson (R)
Kim Morrell (R)
Lois Myers (R)
Stephen Takach (R)
Michael Cole (Libertarian)

Heritage Foundation Scorecard for Texas Candidates


TX 1 Rep. Louie Gohmert R 92%
TX 19 Rep. Randy Neugebauer R 85%
TX TX Sen. John Cornyn R 83%
TX 5 Rep. Jeb Hensarling R 82%
TX 24 Rep. Kenny Marchant R 82%
TX 2 Rep. Ted Poe R 82%
TX 8 Rep. Kevin Brady R 78%
TX 26 Rep. Michael Burgess R 78%
TX 3 Rep. Sam Johnson R 77%
TX 14 Rep. Ron Paul R 76%
TX 17 Rep. Bill Flores R 75%
TX 11 Rep. K. Conaway R 74%
TX 32 Rep. Pete Sessions R 73%
TX 13 Rep. William Thornberry R 73%
TX TX Sen. Kay Hutchison R 73%
TX 10 Rep. Michael McCaul R 69%
TX 23 Rep. Francisco Canseco R 68%
TX 27 Rep. Blake Farenthold R 67%
TX 7 Rep. John Culberson R 66%
TX 4 Rep. Ralph Hall R 66%
TX 6 Rep. Joe Barton R 65%
TX 31 Rep. John Carter R 65%
TX 22 Rep. Pete Olson R 65%
TX 12 Rep. Kay Granger R 62%
TX 21 Rep. Lamar Smith R 58%
TX 28 Rep. Henry Cuellar D 28%
TX 20 Rep. Charlie Gonzalez D 20%
TX 30 Rep. Eddie Johnson D 17%
TX 29 Rep. Gene Green D 16%
TX 16 Rep. Silvestre Reyes D 14%
TX 15 Rep. Rubén Hinojosa D 13%
TX 25 Rep. Lloyd Doggett D 12%
TX 9 Rep. Al Green D 12%
TX 18 Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee D 9%


History of Texas. Information that every Texas Election Candidates for US Senate Should Know:

Spanish control of Texas was followed by Mexican control of Texas, and it can be difficult to separate the Spanish and Mexican influences on the future state. The most obvious legacy is that of the language; every major river in modern Texas, except the Red River, has a Spanish or Anglicized name, as do 42 of the state's 254 counties. Numerous towns also bear Spanish names. An additional obvious legacy is that of Roman Catholicism. At the end of Spain's reign over Texas, virtually all inhabitants practiced the Catholic religion, and it is still practiced in Texas by a large number of people. The Spanish missions built in San Antonio to convert Indians to Catholicism have been restored and are a National Historic Landmark.

The Spanish introduced European livestock, including cattle, horses, and mules, to Texas as early as the 1690s. These herds grazed heavily on the native grasses, allowing mesquite, which was native to the lower Texas coast, to spread inland. Spanish farmers also introduced tilling and irrigation to the land, further changing the landscape.

Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo-American legal system, but some Spanish legal practices were retained, including homestead exemption, community property, and adoption.

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