{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.004","heading":"RUNOFF PRIMARY.","body":"(a) If no candidate for nomination to a particular office receives the vote required for nomination in the general primary election, a runoff primary election shall be held to determine the nomination.\n(b) The candidates in a runoff for a nomination shall be determined and a tie vote in a runoff resolved as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 2, for a runoff for an election to office.\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#172.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"b7545e8b2014ffdadb8d53e55cf5fe359af0e771be221536e1af9b9741573c8e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}