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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 172.003: MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.

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  1. ELECTION CODE
  2. TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES
  3. SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION
  4. CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION GENERALLY

Except as otherwise provided by this code, to receive a political party's nomination, a candidate in a primary election must receive a majority of the total number of votes received by all the candidates for the nomination.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

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