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TexasTowelie

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1. It won't happen.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:28 PM

Dec 2017

The filing deadline for candidates was on December 11. Here is the list of candidates from Ballotpedia:

Democratic Party Democrats

Raul (Roy) Barrera[7]
Vanessa Edwards Foster[7]
Eric Holguin[9]
Ronnie McDonald[10]
Rene Pena[11]

Republican Party Republicans

Bech Bruun - Former chairman of the Texas Water Development Board[12]
Michael Cloud[13]
Eddie Gassman[12]
Jerry Hall[12]
Chris Mapp[12]

Withdrew

Blake Farenthold - Incumbent[6]

https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_27th_Congressional_District_election,_2018

The state GOP party is suing to remove Farenthold from the ballot. I posted an article about that in the Texas Group.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/107837511

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2018 US House Election in TX-27- Now that Farenthold-R is retiring, [View all] nkpolitics1212 Dec 2017 OP

It won't happen. TexasTowelie Dec 2017 #1

I also want to add that I live in Farenthold's district TexasTowelie Dec 2017 #2