Texas down-ballot statewide offices

[TX Conservative Dem]

Lieutenant Governor: 3-term incumbent Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst (R) is facing off against Tea Party favorite, State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) in the May 27th runoff and it's already getting more nastier as Dewhurst is running negative TV Advertising across the entire state, calling out Patrick for not paying his business taxes, etc.,

Winner of this showdown faces State Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) in November.

State Attorney General-OPEN: State Senator Ken Paxton (R-McKinney) vs. State Rep. Dan Branch (R-Dallas) facing off in the GOP runoff and whoever wins, faces Sam Houston (D) in the fall.

Agriculture Commissioner: Runoffs in both political parties: GOP runoff between former State Reps. Tommy Merritt (R-Longview) and Sid Miller (R-Stephenville) and the Democratic runoff between country music singer Kinky Friedman (D) and Jim Hogan (D).

The seat is being vacated by outgoing 2-term Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples (R), who was unsuccessful in his bid for Lieutenant Governor.

Railroad Commissioner, Place 1-OPEN: GOP runoff between former State Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) and Ryan Sitton (R). The winner of this runoff will face off against former Fort Bend County Democratic Party Chairman Steve Brown (D) in November.

Other statewide offices already heading towards November: United States Senator (Cornyn vs. whoever is the Dem nominee), Governor-OPEN (Abbott vs. Davis), Comptroller-OPEN (Collier vs. Hegar: Collier running TV ads right now), Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court (Hecht vs. Moody), Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 6 (Brown vs. Meyers), Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 7 (Boyd vs. Benavides), Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 8 (Johnson virtually unopposed with no Democratic opponent), Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals-Place 3 (Richardson vs. Granberg), Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals-Place 4 (Yeary has no Democratic opponent), Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals-Place 9 (Newell also has no Democratic opponent).

[TX Conservative Dem]

Patrick is using his anti-immigration crusade to the 2nd most powerful statewide office in Texas.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Is Collier from Houston?

Wouldn't shock me if he ran for Mayor in 2015, which would position him for statewide office again in 2018.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Collier running these TV spots statewide is a good strategy for him, but expect Hegar to strike back and hard when the time comes.