President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race so close to
the election creates a time crunch for Democrats to pick an alternative
nominee, including in Texas where the deadline to get someone new on the
ballot comes at the end of August.

The party is expected to wrap up the selection process at the Democratic
National Convention, which is set for Aug. 19-22 in Chicago.

How the delegates choose a new nominee remains up in the air. The party
could schedule a virtual vote in early August ahead of the convention or
it could hold essentially a mini-primary at the convention.

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see an election bump in Texas.

Texas is expected to play a major role in the selection with the third-
highest number of delegates � 273 � behind California and New York.

Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. But
other Democrats could still jump into the mix.

Timing will be tight to get the chosen replacement on the November
election ballot in Texas. Now that Biden has withdrawn from the race, the
state party�s chair must submit the replacement nominee's name to the
secretary of state by 5 p.m. Aug. 26.

TEXANS WEIGH IN: Elected officials in Texas share mixed reactions to the
news Biden is exiting the race

Other states� deadlines vary. States Newsroom, a nonprofit news
organization, informally surveyed 39 states and found that Iowa is among
the earliest with an Aug. 16 deadline. Legal experts have said that a late
dropout could elicit lawsuits from Republicans.

It would be �a complicated mess with an unpredictable outcome that very
likely could end up at the steps of a very conservative United States
Supreme Court,� Emory Law professor Alicia Hughes told States Newsroom.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Sunday in an interview on CNN
of possible litigation.

�I think they've got legal hurdles in some of these states,� he said. �And
it'll be litigated, I would expect, on the ground there.�

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Dems aren't allowed to have a texas ballot. Ole Cripple Greg won't allow it,
nor will their convicted felon AG