If You Wanted to Run for Statewide Office in Texas

If you wanted to run for statewide office in Texas you could pay a filing fee of ________ or submit a petition with ________.

A) $9,000; 45,000 signatures
B) $4,000; 45,000 signatures
C) $500; signatures equaling 3 percent of the votes cast for the office in the past election
D) $53,000; signatures equaling 3 percent of the votes cast for the office in the past election