The Texas Democratic Party held their state 's primary in concurrence with the other Super Tuesday contests on March 1 . Eight candidates appeared on the ballot , Hillary Clinton , Bernie Sanders , dropped-out candidate Martin O'Malley and five minor candidates ( Rocky De La Fuente , Willie Wilson , Star Locke , Keith Russell Judd and Calvis Hawes . ) The Texas Democratic primary had 251 delegates to the Democratic National Convention ; 222 pledged delegates and 29 super delegates . 145 delegates were allocated proportionally based on the results in the state 's 31 senatorial districts . The other 77 pledged delegates were allocated proportionally based on the statewide popular vote
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