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
PO Box 684263
Austin, TX 78768 -4263
1311 East 6th St.
Austin, TX 78702
Phone: (512) 477-7500
Fax: (512) 477-7769
info@TravisCountyDemocrats.org
www.traviscountydemocrats.org

Travis County Republican Party

Rosemary Edwards, Chair
Sheila Glass, Director of Resources
PO Box 162565
Austin, TX 78716-2565
7901 Cameron Rd., Suite. 3-202
Austin, TX 78754
Phone: (512) 302-1776 or (512) 617-4168
chair@travisgop.com
sheila.tcrp@gmail.com
http://www.traviscountygop.org

Travis County Green Party

Bill Stout, Chair
PO Box 1508
Austin, TX 78767
Phone: (713) 866-6285
billstout@txgreens.org
www.txgreens.org

Travis County Libertarian Party

Matt Finkel, Chair
PO Box 49054
Austin, TX 78765
Phone: (512) 445-7965
txmattfinkel@gmail.com
http://travislp.org

State Party Information

Democratic Party of Texas

Boyd Richie, Chair
505 W. 12th St., Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 478-9800
Fax: (512) 480-2500

yellowdog@txdemocrats.org
www.txdemocrats.org

Republican Party of Texas

Steve Munisteri, Chair
1108 Lavaca, Suite 500
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 477-9821
Fax: (512) 480-0709
info@texasgop.org
www.texasgop.org

Green Party of Texas

Co-Chairs:
David Wager & Deborah Shafto
PO Box 271080
Houston, TX 77277-1080
Phone: (713) 866-6285
Email: txgreens@txgreens.org
www.txgreens.org

Libertarian Party of Texas

Patrick Dixon, Chair
1904 Guadalupe St., Suite B
Austin, TX 78705
Phone: (512) 291-6671
chair@lptexas.org
www.lptexas.org

Reform Party of Texas

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

National Party Information

Democratic National Committee

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair
430 S. Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 863-8000
www.democrats.org

Republican National Committee

Reince Priebus, Chairman
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 863-8500
Fax: (202) 863-8820
info@gop.com
www.gop.org

American Reform Party

Michael Simone, Chair
374 New Rd.
Southhampton, PA 18966
www.americanreform.org

Constitution Party

James N. Clymer, Chair
PO Box 1782
Lancaster, PA 17608
Phone: (717) 390-1996
Phone: (800) 283-8647
www.constitutionparty.com

Green Party of the United States

PO Box 75075
Washington, DC 20013
7059 Blair Rd. NW, Suite 104
Washington, DC, 20012
Phone: (202) 319-7191
Fax: (202) 319-7193
www.gp.org/

Libertarian Party

Mark Hinkle, Chair
2600 Virginia Ave. NW, #200
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 333-0008
info@lp.org
www.lp.org

Last Modified: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:42 PM