{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.001","heading":"NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION REQUIRED.","body":"Except as otherwise provided by this code, a political party's nominees in the general election for offices of state and county government and the United States Congress must be nominated by primary election, held as provided by this code, if the party's nominee for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election received 20 percent or more of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the election.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"63b59a6e55c76ce18cd1341136ca527ea856e3e449293f44038446fcb3f15121","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-171.073","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}