Texas holds a special election to fill the vacancy in the U.S. House, 27th district, on Saturday, June 30. Filing closed on August 27. Parties don’t have nominees in Texas special elections, but party labels are on the ballot. Three Republicans, three Democrats, one Libertarian, and two independents paid their filing fees in order to qualify. If no one gets 50%, there will be a runoff later. Thanks to Mark Jones for this news.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
The two Democrats and two Republicans who are in the primary runoff have filed for the special election.
One of the independent candidates is Christopher Suprun one of the faithless electors in 2016. A Google search shows his web page as being for TX-32 in the Dallas area. The website now states he is running in TX-27. It may just be me, but if I were running for Congress in the Coastal Bend, I would not have a star in the Dallas area, and a platform of bringing jobs to North Texas. Suprun may be lost.
Special elections do not require party qualification. He missed an opportunity to run as I Am Suprunan Party with a big red _ss as a logo. He could have John Kasich and Larry Lessig make a campaign appearance.
Candidate/incumbent rank order lists for replacements.
Legislative bodies must be 100 pct filled 24/7 — to deal with tyrant executive types, domestic and foreign.