This cycle I don't see how ANY Democrat has a chance in hell. Even (God forbid) Kay Bailey Liarson couldn't screw this one up. Texas Republicans would have to run a successful primary write-in campaign for Dee Dee Scuzzlebut.
I wonder if Shami might have a real shot at the Dem nomination, though? If he's well connected in Houston (Texas' version of Chicago) he could have the dead vote. And there are large numbers of Muslims in Texas. Not checking the statistic just now, but I wanna say off the top of my head that we have about a million immigrants from mostly Pakistan, and secondarily India. (Tend to be a boon economically, btw, as most are well educated, or quickly become so. Lots of engineers and doctors and such.)










