Except as otherwise provided by this code, to receive a political party's nomination, a candidate in a primary election must receive a majority of the total number of votes received by all the candidates for the nomination.
Tex. Elec. Code § 172.003
MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Public Citizen, Inc. v. Miller (1993)
Most recently applied in Brooks v. Miller (October 1998)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.