Texas Democrats, Texas Greens, opportunity and challenge (updated)

Every two years here in Tex-ass we hear talk about "turn Texas blue."

And, every two years, Skipper Gilberto Hinojosa and the crew of Gilligans on SS Texas Democrats fail once again.

That said, part of "turn Texas blue" is having blue chessmen on the board.

For the upcoming March 5 primary?

No candidate for Texas Supreme Court, Place 6. There IS a primary for Place 2. I'm not sure who filed first, but, apparently whoever filed second didn't check, is stubborn, and/or didn't want to spend new fees on moving to another race.

Even worse? 

No Democrap is challenging piece of crap Sharon Keller as presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Place 8 incumbent Michelle Slaughter also has no challenger.

And, that leads us to Texas Greens' opening.

In the past, the GP has hit its 2 percent ceiling to keep ballot access by running in either a CCA or state Supremes race where no Democrat was in. Yes, there's the new rules on ballot access fees and such, but still. Surely some Green can scrape up either the money or the signatures for an opportunity like this, especially with 2024 and 2026 being the last years of currently guaranteed ballot access.

Back to Skipper Hinojosa and his little buddies.

Below the statewide level? No candidate in my SBOE, District 11. Nobody in Tarrant County, the heart of the district, could be encouraged to run? OK.

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Sadly, Supreme Court Place 6 and all CCA places do have Democratic challengers after all. The Texas Secretary of State's office is known for having late updates, and this is clearly one of those cases.