{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 232.007","heading":"RUNOFF NOT HELD UNTIL FINAL JUDGMENT.","body":"(a) A runoff election for a contested office may not be held until the judgment in the contest becomes final.\n(b) This section does not affect the conduct of a regularly scheduled runoff for another office that was voted on at the same election as the contested office or at an election held jointly with the election in which the contested office was voted on.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT","CHAPTER 232. CONTESTS FOR OFFICE","SUBCHAPTER A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.232.htm#232.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"70b53c9b12b9fc293d162339ada3dadead7b12efc001e9a5f8af71cc35ccee21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}