{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.121","heading":"CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES FOR PLACEMENT ON RUNOFF BALLOT.","body":"(a) The state chair shall certify on the secretary of state's website for placement on the runoff primary election ballot the name of each general primary candidate for a statewide or district office who is to be a candidate in the runoff.\n(b) The secretary of state shall update the status of each candidate as appropriate by posting next to the candidate's name on the secretary of state's website whether the person lost in the primary or is in a runoff for the position as soon as practicable after the state canvass of the general primary election is completed.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 152, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. CONDUCT OF ELECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"557e64d46055a7144585cd3ed500c080a5c10ff2e35f53b031e393b5b24b5513","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.120","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}