Section 162.015 - Restrictions on Candidacy in General Election By Candidate or Voter in Primary(a) A person who voted at a primary election or who was a candidate for nomination in a primary is ineligible for a place on the ballot for the succeeding general election for state and county officers as:(1) an independent candidate for an office for which a candidate was nominated in the primary; or(2) the nominee of a political party other than the party holding the primary in which the person voted or was a candidate.(b) A person who was a candidate for nomination in a primary election is ineligible for a place on the list of write-in candidates for the succeeding general election for state and county officers as a write-in candidate for the office sought by that candidate in the primary.Tex. Elec. Code § 162.015
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 363, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1991. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986.