Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the candidates in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest are the same candidates who were in the contested election.
Tex. Elec. Code § 232.042
CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
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