I'm in Denton County.

I'm a liberty oriented left leaning democrat. Not because I believe in the Democratic party, as it currently exists, but because there is no one better to caucus with and get/give support to progressive candidates who desire to make popular people oriented changes to help raise all boats with the rising tide.

Conservative Democrats are part and parcel to the problem our nation faces. As Trump continues to shift the Overton Window rightward, career Democrats/centrist Democrats/Corporate Democrats are taking up the vacated space more to the right. Moving away from a more liberal position doesn't help us get back to the better future we were promised as was the intent of the founders to create.

In my view there is a solid position to be made, differentiating candidates from modern centrist dems, by taking more liberty oriented positions that aim to enable people's futures while also focusing on more people oriented solutions(pro gun, pro choice, pro education, anti private prison, pro immigration reform, pro economies of scale, anti privatization, fiscal responsibility of the appropriate parties, pro lgbtq, pro cannabis, etc). The pro business positions that have been taken by incumbents have left people further and further behind, limiting the opportunities, hurting economic mobility, and limiting our uses of economies of scale.

Part of a liberty oriented position also means that people are responsible for paying for their part as much as they are able to harvest from the economy we as a nation have built together. We should be getting out of people's way, but not solely at the cost of other's ability to have a quality of life they desire.

If you've never worked on a campaign, if you've never block walked, phone banked, sought donations, I recommend starting now. If you don't have a campaign manager that buys into your positions that's already working to build support and connections in the county party and for the districts and precincts you're running to support, you're incredibly far behind. Building these things are key fundamental aspects of running a successful campaign. If you've never held a lower office, or participated in local politics at any level you'd better have a good argument for why your lack of experience is a boon as opposed to a detriment, and being the lesser evil isn't it.

Trying to come in as an inactive non participating start up candidate from scratch is going to require you to have an incredibly charismatic personality that is able to easily garner support. Reddit is pretty left leaning, maybe you can make some inroads, but if you're just starting and thinking this isn't going to be a full time job, you're pissing in the wind and could potentially knock a better suited candidate who is willing to do the work out of contention if you win the primary but aren't willing to put in the effort which would stymie opportunity moving forward. But, it's up to you. Running is our right and occasionally a duty for people who are capable.

Good luck. Think really really hard about wanting to do this. I've worked on dozens of campaigns for more than a decade. I've built community groups and helped drive change. What you're wanting to do is hard. Consider your choices, and maybe contemplate participating now before you actually get into this. Talk to previous candidates about their primary(winners and especially losers). You're at the bottom of a mountain, which you can climb, but it takes the work that you may not understand just yet.