From Ballot Access News:
The Texas Democratic Party has recruited a full slate of candidates for the 2016 statewide offices. Although there is no certainly that all of them will qualify for the March primary ballot, it is likely that they will. The 2015 Texas legislative session passed SB 1073, which removes the requirement that primary candidates for statewide judicial offices need a petition to get on the primary ballot. Therefore, they can all get on the Democratic March primary ballot with just a fee.
This is bad news for the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. Both parties remain ballot-qualified in Texas by polling at least 5% for one of the statewide races, every two years. But the only races in which they are able to poll as much as 5% have been races in which no Democrat was running. For example, in 2014, the highest percentage for a Libertarian in a statewide race with both major parties also in the race was 3.39%. The highest Green percentage for a statewide race with both major parties was 2.03%. Thanks to political scientist Mark P. Jones for this news.