{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-41.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 41.007","heading":"PRIMARY ELECTIONS.","body":"(a) The general primary election date is the first Tuesday in March in each even-numbered year.\n(b) The runoff primary election date is the fourth Tuesday in May following the general primary election.\n(c) The presidential primary election date is the first Tuesday in March in each presidential election year.\n(d) No other election may be held on the date of a primary election.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 292, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 1, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 4. TIME AND PLACE OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 41. ELECTION DATES AND HOURS FOR VOTING","SUBCHAPTER A. ELECTION DATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.41.htm#41.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4b6438fb70fc83edbea71fb0acbbe570398d5a3a0e99eee0c063dfa4fdaedf29","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-41.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-41.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}