The 2016 primary election filing period ran from Saturday, November 14, 2015, through the filing deadline date of 6 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2015.
With the filing deadline past,Republican and Democratic Party precinct chairs of each county will meet during the coming days to approve their party's ballot and set the order of candidate names for contested office ballot positions.
Presidential Candidate Filings
Office Sought | Ballot Name | Party |
-------------- | -------------- | ------- |
President/Vice-President | Bernie Sanders | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Calvis L. Hawes | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Hillary Clinton | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Keith Judd | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Martin J. O'Malley | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Star Locke | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Willie L. Wilson | DEM |
President/Vice-President | Ben Carson | REP |
President/Vice-President | Carly Fiorina | REP |
President/Vice-President | Chris Christie | REP |
President/Vice-President | Donald J. Trump | REP |
President/Vice-President | Elizabeth Gray | REP |
President/Vice-President | Jeb Bush | REP |
President/Vice-President | John R. Kasich | REP |
President/Vice-President | Lindsey Graham | REP |
President/Vice-President | Marco Rubio | REP |
President/Vice-President | Mike Huckabee | REP |
President/Vice-President | Rand Paul | REP |
President/Vice-President | Rick Santorum | REP |
President/Vice-President | Ted Cruz | REP |
Congressional Filings
Of the 36 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats currently hold 11 seats and Republicans hold 25 seats. According to filing information on the Texas Secretary of State website, Democratic candidates filed in 28 of the 36 Congressional seats. No Democrat filed for congressional district 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 19, 32, or 36, however, it is my understanding Democrats had intended to file in districts 4 and 5 -- filing information for 4 and 5 may not have yet been posted on the SOS website.