Tex. Election Code § 172.004
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 172.004, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 172.004. RUNOFF PRIMARY.
Official statutory text
(a) If no candidate for nomination to a particular office receives the vote required for nomination in the general primary election, a runoff primary election shall be held to determine the nomination.
(b) The candidates in a runoff for a nomination shall be determined and a tie vote in a runoff resolved as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 2, for a runoff for an election to office.
(b) The candidates in a runoff for a nomination shall be determined and a tie vote in a runoff resolved as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 2, for a runoff for an election to office.
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