In 2014 I ran for this seat.  As a first-time candidate I managed to out-fundraise an opponent who had held the seat for nearly two decades.  Despite mounds of evidence in the balance of a federal indictment against said opponent, I was absolutely destroyed in the polls.  People did not show up to vote for my opponent, rather they pushed a single digital button that read “Straight Party Vote”. There is absolutely no chance whatsoever that any candidate from outside of the political duopoly can possibly play a role in the Texas legislature under our laws.  Mathematically it is NOT possible.