One major independent contender will not be appearing on the ballot in Texas' November race for the U.S. Senate.
According to the Texas Tribune, Jonathan Jenkins missed the deadline to file signatures for a place on the ballot in the November election. Jenkins, a Euless technology investor, was running a petition drive, backed by a California company, to collect signatures for a spot on the ballot.
Jenkins was running a campaign that was affiliated with the Indie Party. The Indie Party, a for-profit company, was founded by Jenkins before his campaign and had raised money from start-up investors. The Indie Party affiliation eventually led to a federal complaint, alleging that Jenkins had taken corporate funding from the Indie Party.
Without Jenkins on the ballot, the field in the U.S. Senate race has dwindled to just three candidates. Ted Cruz, a Republican attorney and incumbent senator, Beto O'Rourke, a Democratic congressman and businessman, and Neal Dikeman, a Libertarian venture capitalist and businessman, will all be appearing on the November ballot. It is also possible that other candidates may file for a spot on the ballot in November as write-in choices.
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