{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.052","heading":"WITHDRAWAL FROM GENERAL PRIMARY.","body":"(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the general primary election after the first day after the date of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election.\n(b) A withdrawal request for the general primary must be filed with the authority with whom the withdrawing candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH, AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"db04d372ec482fdd57d7dc57ba2fb56aa6cefc505a90a5d19f8b74526772b783","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}