the texas presidential primary was held on march 4. it was an open primary, permitting participants to vote for candidates in any one party, regardless of voters' party affiliations. participants were then considered as restricted to that party for the purpose of calculations regarding primaries and runoff elections for the next two years. the primary itself was funded by the texas state government and administered by the secretary of the state of texas's office. the texas democratic party used the results of the primary to determine how its 126 district delegates would be apportioned to each presidential candidate.