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About RPT Conventions

The following is a full description of the Republican Party of Texas convention process beginning with the Primary Election and ending with the State Convention.

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Primary (& Run Off) Election

Primary voters elect the Republican candidates who will appear on the General Election ballot, their precinct chairman, and their county chairman. Voters can then attend their Party’s precinct convention that night.

Precinct Convention

Delegates to the precinct convention elect permanent convention officers, elect delegates and alternates to their county or state senatorial district convention, and pass/defeat resolutions presented by delegates.

County/Senatorial District Convention

Delegates to the county or state senatorial district convention elect permanent convention officers, elect delegates and alternates to the state convention, and pass/defeat resolutions presented by delegates.

State Convention

Delegates to the state convention ratify the Party rules, Party platform, and elect the State Chairman and State Vice Chairman. In presidential years, they also ratify all delegates and alternates to the national convention as well as the Presidential Electors and elect a National Committeeman and National Committeewoman.

State Convention, Senatorial District Caucus

Delegates to the state convention, meeting in caucus by state senatorial district, elect permanent caucus officers, permanent committee members, their SREC Committeeman and Committeewoman, and nominate candidates for State Chairman and State Vice Chairman.

State Convention, Congressional Caucus (Presidential Years)

In Presidential years, delegates to the state convention also meet by congressional caucus. In this caucus, they elect delegates and alternates to the national convention and elect a member to sit on the National Nominations Committee, which selects at-large delegates to the national convention. They also elect Presidential Electors and nominate candidates for National Committeeman and Committeewoman.

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