The Texas deadline for presidential candidates to file in presidential primaries is January 2. Candidates pay a fee of $2,500; there is no petition.

So far, these Democrats have filed: Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Kucinich, Obama, and Richardson. Also Joe Biden has paid his fee but not yet submitted his declaration of candidacy.

So far, these Republicans have filed: Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain, Romney, and Tran Hoa, a physician who lives in Houston, Texas.