Candidate filing in Texas closes on January; a mere week and a bit away and we still have a number of congressional districts with no Democratic candidate!
Once again go and take a look at the
2008 Race Tracker Wiki.
Below the fold for details………….
Texas has 32 Congressional House districts. 13 are held by Democrats of which 9 have officially filed as follows: (Note that I have included the Cook PVI scores for each district also.)
TX-09 – D+21,
TX-15 – D+3,
TX-16 – D+9,
TX-17 – R+18,
TX-22 – R+15,
TX-23 – R+4,
TX-27 – R+1,
TX-28 – R+1,
TX-29 – D+8,
The following 4 Democratic incumbents haven’t filed yet but are expected to do so.
TX-18 – D+23,
TX-20 – D+8,
TX-25 – D+1,
TX-30 – D+26,
That leaves 19 Republican held districts and 6 of these have filed candidates:
TX-06 – R+15,
TX-07 – R+16,
TX-10 – R+13,
TX-13 – R+18,
TX-26 – R+12,
TX-31 – R+15,
Four further districts have confirmed candidates that are yet to file officially:
TX-03 – R+17,
TX-04 – R+17,
TX-08 – R+20,
TX-32 – R+11,
And two further districts have unconfirmed candidates:
TX-05 – R+16,
TX-11 – R+25,
That leaves seven districts with no candidate!
And here they are:
TX-01 – R+17,
Not a peep of a candidate here!
TX-02 – R+12,
Conrad Allen announced that he was forming an exploratory committee, set up a campaign website (now defunct) and disappeared off the face of the earth.
TX-12 – R+14,
Not a peep of a candidate here!
TX-14 – R+14,
We had a candidate then he switched parties!
(2006 candidate is out.)
TX-19 – R+25,
Not a peep of a candidate here!
TX-21 – R+13,
Not a peep of a candidate here!
TX-24 – R+15,
According to a comment at Daily Kos a real estate mogul Bill Eden has filed. He hasn’t yet filed with the TDP or the FEC.
Less than a month to go and we need 7 candidates – do you know anyone that could run?
Any news or gossip?