Candidate and Political Party Information

Political Party Information

Local | State | National

State law requires that a political party’s nominees in the general election for offices of state and county government and the United States Congress be nominated by primary election if the party’s nominee for governor in the most recent gubernatiorial general election received 20 percent or more of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the election.

Other parties’ candidates may also appear on the ballot, however, their candidate selections are made through a convention process. Individuals with no party affiliation can also file as independent candidates.

Information on the larger political parties is provided below. If you need information on filing as an independent candidate, please contact us at (512) 854-4996 or call the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at (512) 463-5650.

Local Party Information

Travis County Democratic Party – Chair: Jan Soifer

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 684263, Austin, TX 78768-4263
Physical Address
1311 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702

Phone: (512) 477-7500
Fax: (512) 477-7769
Email: [email protected]
www.traviscountydemocrats.org

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Travis County Republican Party – Chair: Matt Mackowiak

Mailing Address
9420 Research Blvd Echelon III Suite 200-2J
Austin, TX 78759

Phone: (512) 302-1776 or (512) 423-6116
Email: [email protected]
www.traviscountygop.org

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Travis County Green Party – Chair: Bill Stout | Co-Chair: katija "kat" gruene

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1508
Austin, TX 78767

Phone/Text: (512) 330-4504
www.tcgp.org

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Travis County Libertarian Party – Chair: David Capshaw

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 49054
Austin, TX 78765

Phone: (512) 445-7965
Email: [email protected]
http://travislp.org

State Party Information

Texas Democratic Party – Chair: Gilberto Hinojosa

Mailing Address
4818 East Ben White Blvd., Suite 104
Austin, TX 78741

Phone: (512) 478-9800
Fax: (512) 306-6326
Email: [email protected]
www.txdemocrats.org

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Republican Party of Texas – Chair: James Dickey

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 2206
Austin, TX 78768

Phone: (512) 477-9821
Fax: (512) 480-0709
Email: [email protected]
www.texasgop.org

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Green Party of Texas – Co-Chairs: David Wager and Deborah Shafto

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 271080
Houston, TX 77277-1080

Phone: (512) 551-0310
Email: [email protected]
www.txgreens.org

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Libertarian Party of Texas – Chair: Kurt Hildebrand

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 224,
Hewitt, TX 76643

Phone: (800) 422-1776
Email: [email protected]
www.lptexas.org

National Party Information

Democratic National Committee – Chair: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mailing Address
430 S. Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20003

Phone: (202) 863-8000
www.democrats.org

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Republican National Committee – Chairman: Ronna Romney McDaniel

Mailing Address
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003

Phone: (202) 863-8500
Fax: (202) 863-8820
Email: [email protected]
www.gop.org

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Green Party of the United States

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 57075, Washington, DC 20013
Physical Address
7059 Blair Road NW, Suite 104
Washington, DC, 20012

Phone: (202) 319-7191
http://www.gp.org/

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Libertarian National Committee – Chair: Nicholas Sarwark

Mailing Address
1444 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3403

Phone: (800) 353-2887
www.lp.org