Friday, December 18, 2015

Candidate filing deadline for the March 1st Texas Primary passed Monday

For a full look at the election calendar in Texas, click on either of these links to the Texas Secretary of State's web page.:

Important 2016 Election Dates.
Important Dates for the Party Conventions, Primary Elections and General Election.

This impacts candidates for the Democratic and Republican Parties. For information about running for office as a member of the Green or Libertarian Parties, the Secretary of State's office provides the following:

Nominee of Libertarian or Green Party in 2016.

General information about running for office in 2016 can be found here:

Candidate’s Guide to Nomination and General Election for 2016.

Obviously its a bit late in the game to run - unless you want to throw your hat in ring as a Green or Libertarian. There's nothing yet about the dates for 2017 or 2018.

And finally, there's this information regarding running as an independent candidate.

- Independent Candidates.