TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE REFUSES TO ACT AGAINST CHUY GARCIA AND TELLS ME TO TAKE THE COMPLAINT TO THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION - I WILL, USING THEIR LETTER AS SUPPORT

Here is the deal.  Chuy Garcia did not resign his JP position when he started his campaign for district court judge.  This guy either has no regard for the law or does not know the law.

The Secretary of State handles the enforcement of election laws.  They said they had no jurisdiction to remove someone from the ballot who violates the Texas Constitutional bar to running for another office while sitting as a judge, prior the 395-day authority to run while keeping their seat. 

Chuy Garcia's campaign finance reports clearly show he was using his JP account to report the placing of all those signs around Cameron County.  After December 2, 2025, Chuy Garcia placed a strip on all of the signs now saying the campaign sign was for the 107th Judicial District Court.

According to the Texas Constitution he vacated the JP office because he announced his intent to run before December 1, 2025, the date which mandates leaving office.

There is a similar suit going through the courts reported on by the Texas Tribune.  A county Commission out of Lubbock County announced his intent to run for Congress while he would have to resign his county commission position.  The county judge actually had him removed from his office for violating the Texas Constitution.

"Judge Curtis Parrish, Lubbock County’s top elected official, removed Commissioner Jason Corley from his seat on Monday because Corley announced he was running for Congress outside of a window framed in the state constitution that would have allowed Corley to keep his seat. See Texas Tribune

The story is not clear on whether Commissioner Jason Corley expended any campaign money for his federal election.

There is no issue Chuy Garcia put on his JP finance reports the costs of all the signs he posted all over the county.  He then added the additional language he was in fact running for district court.  This would be a clear finance violation. 

CHUY GARCIA SHOULD BE REMOVED VIA A LAWSUIT

If someone would file to enforce the Texas Constitution, Chuy Garcia would be removed from the ballot forthwith.  I certainly will not file such a lawsuit.  I actually have a life.

But this is a key reason I will not endorse anyone in this race.  If as a candidate you will not seek to enforce such a key provision of the Texas Constitution, I have no reason to believe you will enforce the Texas Constitution as a judge.  

I will pursue the campaign finance violation.