Kinky Friedman (now running for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture)

Kinky Friedman was never going to be a contender in the 2010 Texas Gubernatorial race. With the emergence of Bill White and silky smooth Farouk Shami, there simply wasn’t enough room in the Democratic race to support a candidate … disliked by Texas Democrats.

Friedman ran as an independent in 2006 and many Democrats feel he took away much needed votes from Chris Bell (even then he still would have lost). His run this year was like Ralph Nader running for the Democratic presidential nomination but now that he’s running for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture … I think Texas Democrats might be a little more forgiving.

Larry Kilgore

Larry Kilgore makes Rick Perry look like Keith Olbermann.

Kilgore, dressed in starched blue jeans and a cowboy hat, drew some murmurs of disapproval when he launched into a rant against the U.S.

“I hate that flag up there,” Kilgore said pointing to the American flag flying over the Capitol. “I hate the United States government. … They’re an evil, corrupt government. They need to go. Sovereignty is not good enough. Secession is what we need!”

“We hate the United States!,” he said later in the speech. (SOURCE)

Kilgore has now endorsed Debra Medina … another secessionist.

Democrats (announced):
Bill White
Farouk “Silky Smooth” Shami

Republicans (announced):
Rick Perry
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Debra Medina