Tex. Election Code § 232.048
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 232.048, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 232.048. RUNOFF FOLLOWING NEW ELECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) If no candidate receives a majority vote in a new election ordered by a court in the contest of an election in which a majority vote is required, a runoff election shall be held:
(1) for a primary election contest, on the date set by the district court in which the contest was heard, except as provided by Subsection (c); or
(2) for a contest of a general or special election, on the date set by the authority responsible for ordering the runoff election.
(b) Sections 232.013(b), (c), and (d) apply to an election ordered under Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The candidate receiving the most votes in a new election ordered by a court in a primary election contest is the political party's nominee, regardless of whether the candidate receives a majority vote, if the date of the final canvass of the court-ordered primary is on or after:
(1) the 85th day before the date of the succeeding general election in the case of a statewide or district office; or
(2) the 75th day before the date of the succeeding general election in the case of a county or precinct office.
(d) The district court for an election contest has the same supervisory power over a runoff of the court-ordered election as the court has over the court-ordered election.
(1) for a primary election contest, on the date set by the district court in which the contest was heard, except as provided by Subsection (c); or
(2) for a contest of a general or special election, on the date set by the authority responsible for ordering the runoff election.
(b) Sections 232.013(b), (c), and (d) apply to an election ordered under Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The candidate receiving the most votes in a new election ordered by a court in a primary election contest is the political party's nominee, regardless of whether the candidate receives a majority vote, if the date of the final canvass of the court-ordered primary is on or after:
(1) the 85th day before the date of the succeeding general election in the case of a statewide or district office; or
(2) the 75th day before the date of the succeeding general election in the case of a county or precinct office.
(d) The district court for an election contest has the same supervisory power over a runoff of the court-ordered election as the court has over the court-ordered election.
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