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Candidate and Political Party Information
Political Party Information
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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
P.O. Box 684263, Austin, TX 78768-4263
Physical Address
1311 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702
Travis County Republican Party – Chair: Matt Mackowiak
9420 Research Blvd Echelon III Suite 200-2J
Austin, TX 78759
Travis County Green Party – Chair: Bill Stout | Co-Chair: katija "kat" gruene
P.O. Box 1508
Austin, TX 78767
Travis County Libertarian Party – Chair: David Capshaw
P.O. Box 49054
Austin, TX 78765
State Party Information
Texas Democratic Party – Chair: Gilberto Hinojosa
4818 East Ben White Blvd., Suite 104
Austin, TX 78741
Republican Party of Texas – Chair: James Dickey
P.O. Box 2206
Austin, TX 78768
Green Party of Texas – Co-Chairs: David Wager and Deborah Shafto
P.O. Box 271080
Houston, TX 77277-1080
Libertarian Party of Texas – Chair: Kurt Hildebrand
P.O. Box 224,
Hewitt, TX 76643
National Party Information
Democratic National Committee – Chair: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
430 S. Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Republican National Committee – Chairman: Ronna Romney McDaniel
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Green Party of the United States
P.O. Box 57075, Washington, DC 20013
Physical Address
7059 Blair Road NW, Suite 104
Washington, DC, 20012
Libertarian National Committee – Chair: Nicholas Sarwark
1444 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3403