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Candidate Resources
Tips On Running For Office
- Check out the Texas Democratic Party’s Group Training Page.
- All of the filing deadlines and important dates are on this website: Texas Secretary of State Elections Information – www.sos.state.tx.us/elections
- The Texas State Ethics Commission is where you’ll find all the details regarding getting a treasurer filed and all campaign finance rules, forms and dates. www.ethics.state.tx.us
- Get to know the TCDP Clubs/Orgs.
- The Texas Democratic Party (texasdemocrats.org) has tons of resources for candidates from VAN (Voter Activation Network Database), Training and Mobilize America.
- For Mobilize America, to set up your FREE candidate account, please visit this link: onboarding.mobilizeamerica.io/texas
- For miscellaneous questions, check out the Federal Election Commission’s Website
Organizations That Offer Candidate Training
- Annie’s List – annieslist.com
- The Arena – arena.run
- Run for Something – runforsomething.net
- Emily’s List – www.emilyslist.org
- The Collective – collectivepac.org
- Emerge America – emergeamerica.org
- National Democratic Training Committee – traindemocrats.org
- Victory Fund – https://victoryfund.org/
Past Tarrant Candidates' Resource Guide
- Annie’s List – annieslist.com
- The Arena – arena.run
- Run for Something – runforsomething.net
- Emily’s List – www.emilyslist.org
- The Collective – collectivepac.org
- Emerge America – emergeamerica.org
- National Democratic Training Committee – traindemocrats.org
- Victory Fund – https://victoryfund.org/