Texas Weekly List: Legislative Candidate Filings

Here's the finalized list of those running for the Legislature in the Republican and Democratic primary elections.

Dec. 17, 201511 PM Central

The filing period to get on the March 1 primary ballots ended on Monday, which means we can now present you with a finalized list of candidates running for seats in the Texas House and Senate.

The final day of filing saw a few big surprises. As some had suspected, San Antonio state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer chose to try again for the Senate seat that he lost last year in a special election runoff. His decision not to hold on to his House seat set off a scramble among candidates hoping to succeed him.

Also waiting until the last day to make a decision was Abilene Republican Susan King who decided that she would enter the SD-24 GOP contest after all.

The almost entirely unexpected development was the decision by Adrian Garcia, who had resigned as Harris County sheriff in a bid for Houston mayor, to challenge Gene Green in the Democratic primary for his Houston congressional seat.

Here's the candidate filings for the Texas House:

District	Candidate	Party	Incumbent	Not Running
1	VanDeaver, Gary	R	X
1	Lavender, George	R
2	Flynn, Dan	R	X
2	Slaton, Bryan	R
3	Bell, Cecil	R	X
4	Spitzer, Stuart	R	X
4	Gooden, Lance	R
5	Hughes, Bryan	R	X	X
5	Coggins Hayes, Holly	R
5	Davis, Randy	R
5	Hayes, Phillip	R
5	Hefner, Cole	R
5	Misenheimer, Jay	R
6	Schaefer, Matt	R	X
7	Simpson, David	R	X	X
7	Dean, Jay	R
7	Watts, David	R
8	Cook, Byron	R	X
8	McNutt, Thomas	R
9	Paddie, Chris	R	X
10	Wray, John	R
11	Clardy, Travis	R	X
11	Sevilla, Tony	R
11	Wright, Stephen J.	D
12	Kacal, Kyle	R	X
12	Delasandro, TImothy	R
12	Stanford, Michael	R
13	Schubert, Leighton	R	X
13	Webster, Cecil R.	D
14	Raney, John	R	X
14	Fields, Jess	R
15	Keough, Mark	R	X
16	Metcalf, Will	R	X
17	Cyrier, John	R	X
17	Golemon, Brent	R
18	Otto, John	R	X	X
18	Bailes, Ernest	R
18	Brookshire, Van	R
18	Hinch, Wesley	R
18	Morrison, James	R
18	Strahan, Keith	R
18	Turner, J.	R
19	White, James	R	X
20	Farney, Marsha	R	X
20	Wilson, Terry	R
21	Phelan, Dade	R	X
22	Deshotel, Joe	D	X
23	Faircloth, Wayne	R	X
23	Criss, Lloyd	D
24	Bonnen, Greg	R	X
25	Bonnen, Dennis	R	X
26	Miller, D.F. "Rick"	R	X
26	DeMerchant, L. "Sarah"	D
27	Reynolds, Ron	D	X
27	Bartholomew, Angelique	D
27	Bryant, Ken
27	Walker, Mary
27	Brown, Steve	D
27	Henderson, Chris	D
28	Zerwas, John	R	X
29	Thompson, Ed	R	X
29	Floyd, John T.	D
30	Morrison, Geanie W.	R	X
31	Guillen, Ryan	D	X
32	Hunter, Todd	R
33	Turner, Scott	R	X	X
33	Holland, Justin	R
33	Keating, John	R
33	Liechty, Lorne	R
33	Jacobs, Karen	D
33	Padgett, Cristin	D
34	Herrero, Abel	D	X
35	Longoria, Oscar	D	X
36	Muñoz Jr., Sergio	D	X
36	Padron, Abraham	D	X
37	Oliveira, Rene O.	D	X
37	De Leon, Don	D
38	Lucio III, Eddie	D	X
39	Martinez, Armando "Mando"	D
40	Canales, Terry	D	X
40	De Leon, Maricela "Mari"	R
41	Guerra, Robert "Bobby"	D	X
41	De Shazo, Hilda Garza	R
42	Raymond, Richard	D	X
43	Lozano, Jose Manuel	R	X
43	Garcia-Utley, Marisa Yvette	D
44	Kuempel, John	R	X
44	Bohmfalk, Robert M.	D
45	Isaac, Jason	R	X
46	Dukes, Dawnna	D	X
46	Nila, Gabriel	R
47	Workman, Paul	R	X
47	Wiley, Jay	R
47	Jordan, Ana	D
48	Howard, Donna	D	X
49	Naishtat, Elliott	D	X	X
49	Dunaway, Aspen	D
49	Fischer, Huey Rey	D
49	Hinojosa, Gina	D
49	Johnson, Kenton D.	D
49	Rocap, Blake	D
49	Shrum, Matthew	D
49	Way, Heather	D
50	Israel, Celia	D	X
50	Ruiz, Ceasar	R
51	Rodriquez, Eddie	D	X
52	Gonzales, Larry	R	X
53	Murr, Andrew	R	X
53	Lochte Ertel, Stephanie	D
54	Aycock, Jimmie Don	R	X	X
54	Cosper, Scott	R
54	Ruiz, Austin	R
54	Smith, Larry	R
54	Blankenship, Sandra	D
54	Carter, Lan	D
55	White, Molly	R	X
55	Shine, Hugh D.	R
56	Anderson, Charles "Doc"	R	X
57	Ashby, Trent	R	X
58	Burns, DeWayne	R	X
58	Eby, Philip	R
59	Sheffield, J.D.	R	X
59	Graves, Brent	R
60	Keffer, Jim	R	X	X
60	Downing, Kevin	R
60	Lang, Mike	R
61	King, Phil	R	X
62	Phillips, Larry	R	X
63	Parker, Tan	R	X
64	Crownover, Myra	R	X	X
64	Hagen, Rick	R
64	King, Read	R
64	Stucky, Lynn	R
64	Flanagan, Connor	D
64	Greco, Paul	D
65	Simmons, Ron	R	X
65	Kissling, Ben	R
65	Mendoza, Alex	D
66	Shaheen, Matt	R	X
66	Nelson, Gnanse	D
67	Leach, Jeff	R	X
67	Coleman, Scott	D
68	Springer, Drew	R	X
69	Frank, James B.	R	X
70	Sanford, Scott	R	X
70	Bryant, John	D
71	King, Susan	R	X	X
71	Carnohan, Chris	R
71	Castro, Isaac M.	R
71	Lambert, Stan	R
71	Scaief, Stacey	R
71	Scalf, Brian	R
71	LoPachin, Pierce	D
72	Darby, Drew	R	X
73	Miller, Doug	R	X
73	Biedermann, Kyle	R
73	Byrd, Chris	R
74	Nevárez, Alfonso "Poncho"	D	X
75	Gonzalez, Mary	D	X
75	Quintanilla, Chente	D
76	Blanco, Cesar J.	D	X
77	Marquez, Marisa	D	X	X
77	Lopez, Adolfo	D
77	Ortega, Evelina "Lina"	D
78	Moody, Joe	D	X
78	Lane, Jeffrey	R
79	Pickett, Joseph	D	X
80	King, Tracy	D	X
81	Landgraf, Brooks	R	X
81	Crawford, Joshua	R
82	Craddick, Tom	R	X
83	Burrows, Dustin	R	X
84	Frullo, John	R	X
84	Landtroop, Jim	R
85	Stephenson, Phil	R	X
85	Davis, John	D
86	Smithee, John	R	X
87	Price, Four	R	X
88	King, Ken	R	X
89	Laubenberg, Jodie	R	X
89	Lytle, Dalton	R
89	Hamilton, Denise	D
90	Romero Jr., Ramon	D	X
91	Klick, Stephanie	R	X
92	Stickland, Jonathan	R	X
92	Fisher, Scott	R
92	Leach, Kim	D
93	Krause, Matt	R	X
93	Bean, Nancy	D
94	Tinderholt, Tony	R	X
94	Piel, Andrew	R
95	Collier, Nicole	D	X
95	McDaniel, Albert G.
96	Zedler, Bill	R	X
96	Nelson, Wesley	R
96	Lee, Sandra	D
97	Goldman, Craig	R	X
97	McKernon, Andrew T.	D
97	Tarrant, Elizabeth	D
98	Capriglione, Giovanni	R	X
98	Sanchez Chibli, Maricela	D
99	Geren, Charlie	R	X
99	French, Bo	R
100	Johnston, Eric	D	X
101	Turner, Chris	D	X
101	Garza, Carlos "Charlie"	R
102	Koop, Linda	R	X
102	Irvin, Laura	D
103	Anchia, Rafael M.	D	X
104	Alonzo, Roberto R.	D	X
105	Anderson, Rodney	R	X
105	Meza, Terry	D
106	Fallon, Pat	R	X
106	Trubenbach, Trent	R
107	Sheets, Kenneth	R
107	Neave, Victoria	D
108	Meyer, Morgan	R	X
108	Farkus, Joe	D
109	Giddings, Helen	D	X
109	Russell, A. Denise	R
110	Rose, Toni	D	X
110	Crenshaw, Sandra	D
111	Davis, Yvonne	D	X
111	Jackson, Chad O.	R
112	Chen Button, Angie	R	X
112	DeHart, Chris	R
112	Blackshear, Jack	D
113	Burkett, Cindy	R	X
113	Boos, Jonathan	R
113	Bowers, Rhetta Andrews	D
114	Villalba, Jason	R	X
114	Morenoff, Dan	R
114	Burke, Jim	D
115	Rinaldi, Matt	R	X
115	Ratliff, Bennett	R
115	Ocker, Dorotha M.	D
116	Martinez Fischer, Trey	D	X	X
116	Arevalo, Diana	D
116	Golando, Martin	D
116	Resendez, Ruby	D
117	Galindo, Rick	R	X
117	Antonio, San Carlos	D
117	Cortez, Phillip	D
118	Farias, Joe	D	X	X
118	Farias, Gabe	D
118	Uresti, Tomas	D
118	Casias, Robert A.	R
118	Lujan, John	R
119	Gutierrez, Roland	D	X
120	McClendon, Ruth Jones	D	X	X
120	Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara	D
120	Hall, Art	D
120	Miller, Byron	D
120	Miller, Lou	D
120	Salas, Mario	D
121	Straus, Joe	R	X
121	Bean, Sheila	R
121	Judson, Jeff	R
122	Larson, Lyle	R	X
123	Bernal, Diego	D	X
124	Minjarez, Ina	D	X
124	Contreras, Sergio	D
125	Rodriguez, Justin	D	X
126	Harless, Patricia	R	X	X
126	Roberts, Kevin	R
126	Hernandez, Cris	D
126	Dawson-Thomas, Joy	D
127	Huberty, Dan	R	X
127	Bosworth, Mitchell	R
128	Smith, Wayne	R	X
128	Cain, Briscoe	R
128	McDaniel, Melody	R
129	Paul, Dennis	R	X
130	Fletcher, Allen	R	X	X
130	Oliverson, Tom	R
130	Smith, Kay	R
131	Allen, Alma A.	D	X
131	Shike, John	D
132	Schofield, Mike	R	X
133	Murphy, Jim	R	X
134	Davis, Sarah	R	X
134	Palmer, David L.	R
134	Rose, Ben	D
135	Elkins, Gary	R	X
135	Ybanez, Jesse A.	D
136	Dale, Tony	R	X
136	Gordon, Paul R.	D
137	Wu, Gene	D	X
137	Pollard, Edward	D
137	Baker, Kendall L.	R
138	Bohac, Dwayne	R	X
139	Turner, Sylvester	D	X	X
139	Bates, Randy	D
139	Ford Jr., Jerry	D
139	Johnson, Jarvis D.	D
139	Willis, Kimberly	D
140	Walle, Armando	D	X
141	Thompson, Senfronia	D	X
142	Dutton Jr., Harold V.	D	X
143	Hernandez, Ana	D	X
144	Pena, Gilbert	R	X
144	Aldape III, Bernie	D
144	Perez, Mary Ann	D
144	Wheeler, Cody Ray	D
145	Alvarado, Carol	D	X
146	Miles, Borris L.	D	X
147	Coleman, Garnet F.	D	X
147	Murphy, Matt	R
148	Farrar, Jessica	D	X
148	Wilson, Dave	D
149	Vo, Hubert	D	X
149	Chu, Bryan	R
149	Smith, Demetria	D
150	Riddle, Debbie	R	X
150	Hearn-Haynes, Theresa	R
150	Swanson, Valoree	R
150	Zolli, Al	R
150	Kelly, Michael Shawn	D

^{Sources: Texas Secretary of State, Republican Party of Texas, Texas Weekly Research}

Here's the candidate filings for the Texas Senate:

District	Candidate	Party	Incumbent	Not Running
1	Eltife, Kevin	R	X	X
1	Simpson, David	R
1	Hughes, Bryan	R
1	Brown, James K. "Red"	R
1	Lee, Mike	R
4	Creighton, Brandon	R	X
6	Garcia, Sylvia	D	X
11	Taylor, Larry	R	X
12	Nelson, Jane	R	X
13	Ellis, Rodney	D	X
18	Kolkhorst, Lois W.	R	X
19	Uresti, Carlos I.	D	X
19	Madla, Helen	D
19	Flores, Peter P.	R
20	Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"	D	X
20	Arellano, Velma A.	R
21	Zaffirini, Judith	D	X
22	Birdwell, Brian	R	X
22	Collins, Michael	D
24	Fraser, Troy	R	X	X
24	Buckingham, Dawn	R
24	Cobb, Jon	R
24	Downton, Ryan	R
24	King, Susan	R
24	Mayes, Brent	R
24	Williams, Reed	R
24	Leeder, Virginia "Jennie Lou"	D
26	Menendez, Jose	D	X
26	Martinez Fischer, Trey	D
27	Lucio Jr., Eddie	D	X
27	Haro III, O. Rodriguez	D
28	Perry, Charles	R	X
29	Rodriguez, Jose	D	X

^{Sources: Texas Secretary of State, Republican Party of Texas, Texas Weekly Research}

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