{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-202.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 202.005","heading":"NOMINATION BY CONVENTION.","body":"A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by the appropriate party convention if:\n(1) the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and\n(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 12. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE","CHAPTER 202. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF STATE OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.202.htm#202.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e1a0fbd9f8c50cfaccf705a8fcc31820dbce9ed478d7a260fa575d0980e09dbb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-202.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-202.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}