Applications Submitted For the 2016 Democratic Primary

The drawing for ballot order in contested races in the 2016 Democratic primary was held December 16. Those numbers are now posted on the DCDP website and the candidates in primary contests are listed in primary ballot order on the Secretary of State's website.


Marilynn Mayse having just drawn ballot position number 1 in her three-way race for Judge, Criminal Dist. Court No. 2 (the seat Judge Don Adams is not seeking reelection for).

NOTE: For the first time in decades (perhaps since all State Representatives in Dallas County were elected at-large before single-member districts started in 1972) the Dallas County Democratic Party has filed candidates in EVERY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT IN DALLAS COUNTY.

Filing ended at 6 PM on Monday, December 14. The final list is posted at http://dallasdemocrats.org/elections/380.html

The applications listed below have now all been signed as officially filed by the Dallas County Chair, Carol Donovan. The candidates listed below are now on the 2016 Primary ballot. The order people file in does not matter to their order on the primary ballot -- that is determined by a drawing held on December 16 after filing ends.


(Rhetta Andrews Bowers filing on Monday for State Representative District 113.)

The applications below were turned in on Monday, December 14:

As of 5:58 PM:

Dominique Collins -- Judge, Criminal Dist. Court 4 (Incumbent)


(Judge Dominique Collins filing for reelection Monday.)


Sandra Crenshaw -- State Representative District 110

Brandon J. Vance -- U.S. House of Representatives, District 30


(Brandon Vance filing Monday for US House District 30.)



Jim Burke -- State Representative Disstrict 114

As of 5:30 PM:

Terry Meza -- State Representative District 105

Ryan Minyard -- County Commissioner, Precinct 1

Hector Wilson -- Constable, Precinct 1 (Unexpired term of Cleophas R. Steele Jr.)

Carol Donovan -- Dallas County Democratic Party County Chair



As of 1:00 PM, Monday, December 14:

Nancy Kennedy -- Judge, Criminal Dist. Court No. 2 (the seat Judge Don Adams is not seeking reelection for)


(Nancy Kennedy files for Judge Monday in Criminal District Court 2.)

Joe Farkus -- State Representative District 108

Jack Blackshear -- State Representative District 112

Norma Jean Scarso -- Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector

Kristen Smith -- Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector



As of 12:20 PM, Monday, December 14:

Bruce Parrott -- Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2, Place 1 (Unexpired term)



As of 10:10 AM, Monday, December 14:

Rhetta Andrews Bowers -- State Representative District 113




The applications below were turned in on Saturday, December 12:

As of 4:50 PM, Saturday, December 12, 2015:

Regoberto Cortez -- County Commissioner, Precinct 1


(Regoberto Cortez with family filing for County Commissioner Pct. 1 on Saturday.)



As of 3:30 PM, Saturday, December 12, 2015:

Latonya D. Shavers -- Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2, Place 1 (Unexpired term)


(Latonya Shavers filing Saturday for Justice of the Peace 2 - 1.)



As of 2:12 PM, Saturday, December 12, 2015:

Marilynn Mayse -- Judge, Criminal Dist. Court No. 2 (the seat Judge Don Adams is not seeking reelection for)



The applications below were turned in on Wednesday, December 9:

As of 12:30 PM, Wednesday, December 9, 2015:

John R. Ames -- Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector (Incumbent)


(Tax Assessor/Collector John R. Ames files for re-election Wednesday.)


As of 10:20 AM, Wednesday, December 9, 2015:

Curtis E. Traylor -- Constable, Precinct 1 (Unexpired term of Cleophas R. Steele Jr.)



The application below was turned in on Tuesday, December 8:

As of 1 PM, Tuesday, December 8, 2015:

Dorotha M. Ocker -- State Representative District 115


(Dorotha Ocker filing for State Representative 115 Tuesday.)



The application below was turned in on Monday, December 7:

As of 10:40 AM, Monday, December 7, 2015:

Eric Johnson -- State Representative District 100 (Incumbent)


(State Representative Eric Johnson of district 100 filing for re-election Monday.)



The application below was turned in on Tuesday, December 1:

As of 12:20 PM, Tuesday, December 1, 2015:

Darlene Ewing -- Judge, 254th Dist. Court (Unexpired term of James Martin)


(Former Dallas County Democratic Chair Darlene Ewing filing Tuesday for Judge of the 254th Family District Court.)



The application below was turned in on Monday, November 30:

As of 3 PM, Monday, November 30, 2015:

Victoria Neave -- State Representative, District 107


(Victoria Neave with her parents at her filing for State Representative 107 on Monday.)



The applications below were turned in on Tuesday, November 24:


As of 3:50 PM, Tuesday, November 24, 2015:

Toni Rose -- State Representative, District 110 (Incumbent)


As of 2:45 PM, Tuesday, November 24, 2015:

Yvonne Davis -- State Representative, District 111 (Incumbent)


As of 12:15 PM, Tuesday, November 24, 2015:

Helen Giddings -- State Representative, District 109 (Incumbent)



The applications below were turned in on Monday, November 23:

As of 2:10 PM, Monday, November 23, 2015:

Gracie Lewis -- Judge, Criminal Dist. Court No. 3 (Incumbent)


As of 12:10 PM, Monday, November 23, 2015:

Cedric W. Davis Sr. -- County Commissioner, Precinct 3


(Cedric Davis filing on November 23, with the DCDP donkey pinata.)


The application below was turned in on Friday, November 20:

As of 11:00 AM, Friday, November 20, 2015:

Laura Irvin -- State Representative, District 102


(Laura Irvin files for HD 102.)


The application below was turned in on Thursday, November 19:

As of 4:20 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2015:

Lupe Valdez -- Sheriff (Incumbent)


(Above, Sheriff Lupe Valdez filing for re-election Thursday, November 19.)


The application below was turned in on Tuesday, November 17:

As of 2 PM, Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Micah B. Phillips -- County Commissioner, Precinct 3


The application below was turned in on Monday, November 16:

As of 7 PM, Monday, November 16, 2015:

Dr. Theresa Daniel -- County Commissioner, Precinct 1 (Incumbent)

(Above, Commissioner Dr. Theresa Daniel filing for re-election at the DCDP EC meeting Monday, November 16, with DCDP County Chair Carol Donovan and others.)


The application below was turned in on Monday, November 16:

As of 10:30 AM, Monday, November 16:

Rafael M. Anchia -- State Representative, District 103 (Incumbent)



The applications below were turned in on Saturday, November 14:

As of 9:50 AM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

John Wiley Price -- County Commissioner, Precinct 3 (Incumbent)

Roberto Alonzo -- State Representative, District 104 (Incumbent)

Mae Jackson -- Constable, Precinct 1 (Unexpired term of Cleophas R. Steele Jr.)

Chika Anyiam -- Judge, Criminal Dist. Court No. 2 (the seat Judge Don Adams is not seeking reelection for)

Dwaine R. Caraway -- County Commissioner, Precinct 3


As of 10:30 AM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Tracey Gulley -- Constable, Precinct 1 (Unexpired term of Cleophas R. Steele Jr.)


As of 1:05 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Eddie Bernice Johnson -- U.S. House of Representatives, District 30 (Incumbent)


As of 1:27 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Eric V. Moye -- Judge, 14th Dist. Court (Incumbent)

Ken Molberg -- Judge, 95th Dist. Court (Incumbent)


As of 2:04 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Phyllis Lister Brown -- Judge, 162nd Dist. Court (Incumbent)

(Above: Judges Ken Molberg, Phyllis Lister Brown, and Eric Moye filing Nov. 14, 2015.)


As of 2:30 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Bennie Elenora Brown -- Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector

Marty Jo Taylor -- Judge, 254th Dist. Court (Unexpired term of James Martin)

(Above, Bennie Elenora Brown and Marty Jo Taylor filing Nov. 14, 2015.)


As of 2:58 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Barbara Mallory Caraway -- U.S. House of Representatives, District 30

Some Small Comfort

As the attacks go on in Paris, there is this:

Harriet Alida Lye has written to the Guardian about being trapped inside a bookshop on the rue de la Bucherie:

We are safe in the Shakespeare & Co bookshop, with the windows blacked out. There are about 20 customers with us who’ve been sat here for hours calling home

If one just has to be trapped somewhere in Paris, this would have definitely been very high on my list.

Live Blogging Filing For the 2016 Primary Saturday Nov. 14

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 14, 2015, filing begins for public office for the 2016 Democratic Primary. I'll be there at the Dallas County Democratic Primary office at 4209 Parry at Fletcher before 9 AM, ready to notarize and receive applications. Internet willing, I'll post here on this blog the names of those who come in with their forms.

Please note that the filing does not become official until the County Chair signs them (which does not always happen the same day), since the Chair has to judge their facial validity. When several candidates turn in petitions to get on the ballot (as all the judicial candidates have to in Dallas County), those may take hours or even days to count. But to see who arrived on the first day of filing and turned their stuff in, check here starting tomorrow morning.

Very Old Grass Roots

Infrared Scans Show Possible Hidden Chamber in King Tut’s Tomb

Foolishly, they say this may be "the burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti", but the truth is obvious: this is where Joseph stored all that extra grain in the years of plenty. Ben Carson told us so!