Tex. Elec. Code § 172.059 · Subchapter C. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH, AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE
WITHDRAWAL FROM RUNOFF PRIMARY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the runoff primary election after 5 p.m. of the 3rd day after the state canvass under Section 172.120.
(b) A withdrawal request for the runoff primary must be filed with the state chair, for a statewide or district office, or with the county chair, for a county or precinct office.
(c) If a runoff candidate withdraws, the remaining candidate is the nominee and the runoff election for that office is not held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 135, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2015.
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