2012 Democratic State Representative Candidate Filings To Date

by: Katherine Haenschen

2012 Election Cycle -- State Representative Candidates Filed as of December 2, 2011
District & Democratic Candidates	Notes
HD 8 -- Charles E. Morgan	Challenging Bryan Cook
HD 23 -- Craig Eiland (i)
HD 31 -- Ryan Guillen (i)
HD 33 -- Solomon Ortiz Jr.	Ortiz lost the seat in 2010, but he's back to send Raul Torres packing.
HD 34 -- Abel Herrero	Herrero lost to Connie Scott in 2010, and is running to reclaim his seat.
HD 35 -- Joseph Campos; Gus Ruiz	Two Democrats have already filed for the seat currently held by Jose Aliseda; redistricting makes this tough for the R's to hold.
HD 43 -- J.M. Lozano (i)
HD 48 -- Donna Howard (i)
HD 50 -- Mark Strama (i)
HD 51 -- Eddie Rodriguez (i)
HD 74 -- Efrain V. Valdez; Poncho Nevarez	This is the seat Pete Gallego is vacating to challenge Quico Canseco for CD 23.
HD 80 -- Tracy King (i)
HD 93 -- Paula Pierson, Chris Turner	This will be a doozy of a primary. Two former Democratic State Reps battling to take out Barbara Nash, who ousted Pierson back in 2010.
HD 95 -- Dulani "Jamal Jones" Masimini
HD 107 -- Carol Kent	Kent is back to challenge for the seat she lost in 2010.
HD 110 -- Larry Taylor, Cedric Davis	This seat is being vacated by the retiring Barbara Mallory-Caraway
HD 111 -- Yvonne Davis (i)
HD 116 -- Trey Martinez-Fischer (i)
HD 117 -- Philip Cortez	Challenging Republican John Garza, who knocked out David McQuade Leibowitz in 2010.
HD 118 -- Joe Farias (i)
HD 120 -- Ruth Jones (i)
HD 123 -- Mike Villareal (i)
HD 124 -- Jose Menendez (i)
HD 131 -- Alma Allen (i)
HD 134 -- Ann Elizabeth Johnson	Johnson, a noted advocate for juvenile justice reform, is challenging Sarah Davis, who ousted Ellen Cohen in 2010. Cohen has since won election to the Houston City Council.
HD 140 -- Armando Walle (i)
HD 141 -- Senfronia Thompson (i)
HD 143 -- Ana Hernandez-Luna (i)
HD 145 -- Carol Alvarado (i)
HD 146 -- Borris Miles (i)
HD 148 -- Jessica Farrar (i)
HD 149 -- Hubert Vo (i)

Notable Retirements, Departures and Vacancies:
HD 40 -- Republican Aaron Pena retiring after switching parties to curry favor in redistricting, then getting drawn out by the courts
HD 41 -- Veronica Gonzalez retiring
HD 74 -- Pete Gallego running for Congress
HD 95 -- Marc Veasey running for Congress
HD 110 -- Barbara Mallory-Caraway retiring
HD 113 -- Republican Joe Driver retiring to spend more time with his felony convictions
HD 125 -- Joaquin Castro running for Congress
HD 137 -- Scott Hochberg retiring

2012 Democratic Congressional Candidate Filings To Date

by: Katherine Haenschen

2012 Election Cycle -- Congressional Candidates Filed as of December 2, 2011
District	Democratic Candidates	Notes
CD 5	Tom Berry	Challenging Jeb Hensarling
CD 6	Don Jaquess	Running against incumbent Joe Barton. The district was redrawn to be much less hostile to Democrats, but still an uphill battle.
CD 7	Phillip Andrews	Challenging John Culberson
CD 8	Neil Burns	Challenging Kevin Brady
CD 9	Al Green (i)
CD 15	Ruben Hinojosa (i)
CD 18	Sheila Jackson Lee (i)
CD 23	Pete Gallego	Gallego is challenging Quico "I Vote Against Cops" Canseco. Big pick-up opportunity for Democrats in Congress.
CD 28	Henry Cuellar (i)
CD 29	Gene Green (i)
CD 32	Walter Hofheinz	Challenging Pete Sessions
CD 34	Murphy Alade Junaid	New seat; past election results suggests it will be a Republican seat.
CD 35	Ciro Rodriguez	Rodriguez held the 23rd from 2007 to 2011 and the 28th from 1997 to 2005. He moved into the 35th when Charlie Gonzalz announced his retirement and Joaquin Castro shifted to the 20th.

Notable Retirements, Departures and Vacancies:
CD 14 -- Ron Paul retiring to focus on getting no media attention for Presidential campaign
CD 20 -- Charlie Gonzalez retiring
CD 33, 34, 35, 36 -- All vacant; new seats created in 2010 redistricting