{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.060","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.060","heading":"DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON RUNOFF PRIMARY BALLOT.","body":"(a) If a runoff primary candidate dies or is declared ineligible before runoff primary election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.\n(b) If a deceased or ineligible candidate receives the vote required for nomination, the appropriate executive committee may select the nominee and certify the nominee's name for placement on the general election ballot as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 145, for filling a vacancy in a nomination.\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 C. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH, AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.060","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"1fd118e2fe26c9b67d448579b08dcaf34896736b84f9d28101c4d8495329ddbc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}