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AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>In Texas, if no candidate in an election gets more than half of the vote, then the top two vote-getters head to a runoff election.<\/p>

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Runoff elections for the Texas primaries will be held on May 26 with early voting running from May 18\u201322.<\/p>

Around 30 state and federal races will go back to the voters to be decided after candidates in those races failed to receive half of the votes cast in the March primaries.<\/p>

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Which runoffs am I allowed to vote in?<\/h2>

Which runoff elections you’re allowed to vote in depends on if you voted in the primary election or not.<\/p>

If you voted in a primary, you can only vote in runoff elections for the party you aligned with during the primary.<\/p>

So, if you voted in the Republican primary, you can only vote in Republican runoff elections. The same is true for a voter in the Democratic primary; they can only vote in Democratic runoff elections.<\/p>

Did I need to vote in the primary in order to vote in the runoff election?<\/h2>

No. If you did not vote in a primary election, you can still vote in a runoff election.<\/p>

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What’s on the ballot?<\/h2>

Statewide Republican runoffs:<\/h4>