Socialist Webzine: Red Candidates in Red States

The Socialist Webzine publishes an article by Nicholas Paul Nix, who is running for Congress as an independent socialist in a conservative Republican district in Texas:

My name is Nicholas Paul Nix and I am running as an Independent Candidate for Congress in Texas’ 4th District of the United States House of Representatives. Texas’ 4th District is located in the northeast corner of Texas. My district, and Texas as a whole, is known as one of the Reddest of Red States and not at all for the right reasons!

I want to run as a Socialist Party-USA candidate, but we would need 43,991 signatures to get on the ballot. So, instead, we opted for the 500 signatures that an Independent Candidate needs to get on the ballot. However, the Socialist Party of Texas will still try to get the needed 43,991 signatures so that it may get on the general election ballot as a party; If that succeeds, I will have my name placed for the Texas Socialist Party nomination as Governor. Since this is an unlikely outcome, almost all of my effort is being spent on getting on the ballot as an Independent Nominee for Congress in November.