Ralph Hall is 91 years old, and faces a very tough primary run-off. I think that we can safely assume that, win or lose, this will be his final election. I don’t know enough about Ratcliffe, but his lack of a record makes me a bit wary. I think that, if I had my druthers, Hall would hold on in the run-off, serve one final term, and permit a wide-open primary process in 2016 with vetted conservatives running for the seat. One guy on which I’ve got my eye is state Representative Scott Turner, a black conservative (and former football player) who represents all of Rockwall County and part of Collin County and who was first elected in 2012. http://scottturnerfortexas.com/about/
Hall said himself he’s just running the one last time. It’s to break the record of the oldest person to win a House race (he just broke the record of oldest serving in the House in this current term).