{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.049","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 232.049","heading":"SECOND RUNOFF FOLLOWING CONTEST OF RUNOFF.","body":"If in a new election ordered by a court in a contest of a runoff election there are more than two candidates and no candidate receives a majority vote, another runoff to determine the nomination or election to the contested office shall be ordered in accordance with Section 232.048, except as otherwise provided by that section.\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 B. COURT-ORDERED ELECTION FOLLOWING JUDGMENT OF VOID ELECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.232.htm#232.049","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"d953e6c8f9037a2466c961eed29e1371d1734a14ecb59b7c7fdfe4cb88d01cff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.048","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}