The skinny on the filing extention in CD-36 & GOP's bid to replace Steve Stockman

[JoethePleb]

Grab your popcorn folks because the next 3 months are going to be fun to watch.

Pursuant to Section 172.054 of the Texas Election Code the Republican Party of Texas is being forced to reopen the filing for the 36th Congressional District in Southeast Texas. The rule extends the filing deadline until Monday, December 16th, at 6 p.m but only for the party whose candidate withdrew.

That may seem unfair, but with 6 Republicans already in the race, you probably won't hear the lone Democrat Michael Cole complaining. On the flip-side for Democrats, the law also prevents someone who has filed for another office from making a switch. That would include Republican Incumbent State Representative James White who was rumored to being eyeing the switch.

With a wide open field it will be interesting to see how this race shapes up. So far no one has emerged as the immediate front-runner but there appears to be at least 2 proxy candidates, each backed by a different member of Congress. But, a better question may be why did Stockman switch in the first place?

Click below the jump to read the election code and see who is behind who in the race for CD-36...

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14508/texas-gop-forced-to-extend-filing-deadline-to-replace-steve-stockman-in-cd36

[Gothmog]

1. Thanks for sharing

I was wondering how the GOP got to reopen the nominations process. It does not look like the Democrats can reopen the process.