Travis County Clerk Elections Division

Political Parties

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

Local Party Information

Travis County Democratic Party

Andy Brown , Chair
Mailing Address
PO Box 684263
Austin, TX 78768 -4263
Physical Address
1311 East 6th St.
Austin, TX 78702
Phone: 512-477-7500
Fax: 512-477-7769
Email: info@TravisCountyDemocrats.org
www.traviscountydemocrats.org

Travis County Green Party

Co-Chairs:
Charles Wukasch, Chair
Mailing Address
PO Box 1508
Austin, TX 78767
Phone: 888.496.8239
Email: info@traviscountygreens.org
www.txgreens.org

Travis County Libertarian Party

Rock Howard, Chair
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 49054
Austin, TX 78765
Phone: 512.445.7965
Email: rock@rockhoward.org
www.AustinLiberty.org

Travis County Republican Party

Rosemary Edwards, Chair

Michele Samuelson,
Executive Director
Mailing Address
7901 Cameron Rd., Bldg. 3, Ste 202
Austin, TX 78758
Phone: 512-302-1776 or 512-617-4168
Email: rosemary@tcrp.org
michele@tcrp.org
www.tcrp.org

State Party Information

Democratic Party of Texas

Boyd Richie, Chair
Mailing Address
505 W. 12th St., Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.478.9800
Fax: 512.480.2500

Email: yellowdog@txdemocrats.org
www.txdemocrats.org

Green Party of Texas

Co-Chairs:
Thomas Muhammad & Kat Swift
Mailing Address
818 W. 31st
Houston, TX 77018
Phone: 888.944.7839
Email: txgreens@txgreens.org
www.txgreens.org

Libertarian Party of Texas

Pat Dixon, Chair
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 41059
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 1.800.422.1776
Email: director@lptexas.org
www.lptexas.org

Reform Party of Texas

B.J. Kennedy, Chair
Email: chairman@texasreformparty.org
www.texasreformparty.org

Republican Party of Texas

Tina Benkiser, Chair
Mailing Address
900 Congress Ave, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.477.9821
Fax: 512.480.0709
Email: info@texasgop.org
www.texasgop.org

National Party Information

American Reform Party

Co: Roy Downing, Chair
Mailing Address
10 Aida Court
Lodi, NJ 07644
Phone: 973.777.3838
Fax: 973.777.4570
Email: dowingr@optonline.net
www.americanreform.org

Constitution Party

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1782
Lancaster, PA 17608
Phone: 1.717-390-1996
Phone: 1.800.283.8647
www.constitutionparty.com

Democratic National Committee

Tim Kaine, Chair
Mailing Address
430 S. Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202.863.8000
www.democrats.org

Green Party of the United States

Mailing Address:
PO Box 57065
Washington, DC 20037
Physical Address:
1700 Connecticut Ave NW #404
Washington, DC, 20009
Phone: 1.866.41GREEN
Fax: (202) 319-7193
Email: GPHQ@gp.org
http://www.gp.org/

Libertarian Party

Bill Redpath, Chair
Mailing Address
2600 Virginia Ave. NW, #200
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-333-0008
Email: op@lp.org
www.lp.org

Republican National Committee

Michael Steele, Chair
Mailing Address
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202.863.8500
Fax: 202.863.8820
Email: info@gop.com
www.gop.org

Last Modified: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:07 PM