2014 Texas Senate election

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2014 Texas Senate election
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2016  

15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election19 seats, 62.65% [1] 12 seats, 32.76% [1] 0 seats, 5.12% [1]
Seats before19120
Seats won20110
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote1,469,629691,984165,284
Percentage63.09%29.71%7.10%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.44%Decrease2.svg 3.05%Increase2.svg 1.98%

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Senate results by district
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     No election

President Pro Tempore before election


Republican

Elected President Pro Tempore


Republican

The 2014 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 of the 31 state senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 84th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.

Contents

Following the 2012 State Senate elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with nineteen members to the Democrats' twelve. As of 2020, this is the last time Republicans have gained seats in the senate in a regularly-scheduled election.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain four seats. While the GOP's statewide margin of victory for this class of Senators fell 4.3 percentage points compared to that of the 2012 elections, [note 1] nearly all of the decrease was due to greater support for third-party candidates; the Democrats' vote share remained practically the same. In the end, the Republicans flipped one Democrat-held seat, winning twelve out of the fifteen races. Notably, the Libertarian Party fielded candidates in more races than the Democratic Party; as of 2020, this is the last time this has occurred.

Summary of race results

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Texas Senate election results
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PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 141,469,62963.0919111220Increase2.svg1
Democratic 9691,98429.71114311Decrease2.svg1
Libertarian 13165,2847.100000Steady2.svg
Green 22,3970.100000Steady2.svg
Total2,329,294100.0031151531Steady2.svg
Source: [2]
Popular vote
Republican
63.09%
Democratic
29.71%
Libertarian
7.20%
Green
0.10%
Senate seats won
Republican
80.00%
Democratic
20.00%
DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 2 --99,92583.58%19,62616.42%119,551100.00%Republican hold
District 3 --140,06990.56%14,6059.44%154,674100.00%Republican hold
District 5 54,28631.23%112,93064.97%6,5953.79%173,811100.00%Republican hold
District 7 45,23026.29%123,55171.82%3,2441.89%172,025100.00%Republican hold
District 8 --114,49879.07%30,31220.93%144,810100.00%Republican hold
District 9 47,96534.94%89,33165.06%--137,296100.00%Republican hold
District 10 80,87244.72%95,53252.83%4,4342.45%180,838100.00%R GAIN from D
District 14 154,39179.98%--38,64820.02%193,039100.00%Democratic hold
District 15 74,19259.17%48,24938.48%2,9472.35%125,388100.00%Democratic hold
District 16 --106,546100.00%--106,546100.00%Republican hold
District 17 60,93433.91%113,81763.34%4,9452.76%179,696100.00%Republican hold
District 23 99,10279.39%23,52018.84%2,2041.77%124,826100.00%Democratic hold
District 25 75,01231.83%153,53665.15%7,1063.02%235,654100.00%Republican hold
District 30 --140,24086.65%21,59913.35%161,839100.00%Republican hold
District 31 --107,88590.43%11,4169.57%119,301100.00%Republican hold
Total691,98429.71%1,469,62963.09%167,6817.20%2,329,294100.00%Source: [2]

Notes

  1. Texas holds elections for all Senate seats in years ending in 2. In 2012, for this particular class of Senators, the Republicans and Democrats won 67.40% and 29.69% of the vote, respectively. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-29.