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The 2014 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2014. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 4, 2014. Primary runoffs, required if no candidate wins a majority of the vote, were held on May 27, 2014. Elections were also held for the Texas legislature and proposition 1, seeking funds for Texas highways (which passed).

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A combination of retirements, incumbents seeking other offices and a primary defeat means that after the election, for the first time since 1874, all of Texas's executive offices were held by new officeholders.

The Tea Party made large gains in the 2014 elections, with Tea Party-backed candidates being elected into offices such as lieutenant governor and attorney general, among other offices. [1] [2] [3]

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry, who has served in the office since December 21, 2000, when George W. Bush resigned ahead of being sworn in as President of the United States, has announced that he will not run for a fourth full term as governor. This will be the first open election for governor since 1990, when Ann Richards was elected.

Greg Abbott won the Republican primary, Wendy Davis won the Democratic primary. Kathie Glass won the Libertarian Party of Texas nomination in convention. They and a Green candidate will contest the general election.

Abbott won the general election, defeating Davis by twenty points.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor David Dewhurst ran for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		David
Dewhurst		Dan
Branch		Susan
Combs		Ed
Emmett		Dan
Patrick		Jerry
Patterson		Todd
Staples		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 2014461± 4.56%37%———31%17%15%——
Public Policy Polling November 1–4, 2013388± 5%37%———18%10%4%—31%
UoT/Texas Tribune October 18–27, 2013519± 5.02%26%———13%10%5%—46%
Public Policy Polling June 28–July 1, 2013318± ?37%———17%7%5%—34%
UoT/Texas Tribune May 31–June 9, 2013492± 5.27%19%———10%6%5%—61%
Public Policy Polling January 24–27, 2013400± ?37%—18%—12%2%4%—26%
University of Texas-Austin May 7–13, 2012343± 5.29%—3%29%—23%9%10%22%4%
DWBS April 27–30, 2012400± 4.5%—2%28%5%15%5%7%—39%
University of Texas-Austin February 8–15, 2012361± 5.16%—3%27%—20%8%8%34%—
University of Texas-Austin October 19–26, 2011397± 4.92%—1%14%—9%5%2%5%64%

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Patrick 552,692 41.43
Republican David Dewhurst 377,856 28.32
Republican Todd Staples236,94917.76
Republican Jerry Patterson166,39912.47
Total votes1,333,896 100

Runoff

Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		David
Dewhurst		Dan
Patrick		OtherUndecided
Baselice & Associates March 5–6, 2014501± 4.4%34%55%—11%
Results
Republican primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Patrick 487,829 65.05
Republican David Dewhurst262,08634.95
Total votes749,915 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Brandon de Hoyos, journalist [14]
Withdrew

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Chandra Courtney [13]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dan
Patrick (R)		Leticia
Van de Putte (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%52%35%13% [15] —
Survey Research Center September 22–October 16, 2014781± 3.5%36%24%6% [16] 34%
Crosswind Communications October 9–12, 2014500± 4.33%42.8%23%1.2%33%
Texas Lyceum [ permanent dead link ]September 11–25, 2014666± 3.8%47%33%5% [17] 14%
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%41%26%9% [18] 23%
Public Policy Polling April 10–13, 2014559± 4.1%51%35%—14%
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 20141,200± 2.83%41%32%—28%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		David
Dewhurst (R)		Leticia
Van de Putte (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling April 10–13, 2014559± 4.1%50%32%—17%
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 20141,200± 2.83%44%32%—24%
Public Policy Polling November 1–4, 2013500± 4.4%46%37%—17%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jerry
Patterson (R)		Leticia
Van de Putte (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 20141,200± 2.83%41%30%—29%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Todd
Staples (R)		Leticia
Van de Putte (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 20141,200± 2.83%41%29%—30%

Results

Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Patrick 2,718,406 58.13
Democratic Leticia Van de Putte 1,810,72038.72
Libertarian Robert Butler119,5812.55
Green Chandra Courtney27,6510.59
Majority907,68619.41%
Total votes4,676,358 100
Turnout 33.34
Republican hold

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott did not run for re-election to a fourth term. He was instead the Republican nominee for governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dan
Branch		Ken
Paxton		Barry
Smitherman		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 2014461± 4.56%42%38%20%——
UoT/Texas Tribune October 18–27, 2013519± 5.02%5%10%11%—74%

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Paxton 569,034 44.45
Republican Dan Branch 428,325 33.46
Republican Barry Smitherman282,70122.08
Total votes1,280,060 100

Runoff

Results
Republican primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Paxton 466,224 63.63
Republican Dan Branch266,53936.37
Total votes732,763 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Jamie Balagia [13] (In 2019, Balagia was found guilty of defrauding Colombian drug traffickers thousands of dollars after claiming to be well-connected to U.S. officials who could dismiss the drug trafficking cases if the Colombians paid money). [25]
  • Tom Glass, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas [14]

Balagia won the Libertarian nomination

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Ken
Paxton (R)		Sam
Houston (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%54%34%12% [26] —
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%40%27%6% [27] 27%

Results

Texas Attorney General election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Paxton 2,737,289 58.8
Democratic Sam Houston1,769,94338.02
Libertarian Jamie Balagia118,1832.53
Green Jamar Osborne29,5130.63
Majority967,34620.78%
Total votes4,654,928 100
Turnout 33.18
Republican hold

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Incumbent Republican Comptroller Susan Combs retired and did not seek a third term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Glenn
Hegar		Harvey
Hilderbran		Debra
Medina		Raul
Torres		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune February 7–17, 2014461±4.56%24%26%39%11%——
UoT/Texas Tribune October 18–27, 2013519±5.02%4%2%14%5%—75%

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenn Hegar 612,269 49.99
Republican Harvey Hilderbran318,89926.04
Republican Debra Medina236,53119.31
Republican Raul Torres56,9374.64
Total votes1,224,636 100

A runoff was to be held, but with Hegar only narrowly below the 50% threshold and with several thousand provisional and overseas ballots to be counted, Hildebran withdrew on March 7, 2014, and endorsed Hegar. [32] When the final results were released, Hegar had come only 50 votes short of winning the primary outright.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Glenn
Hegar (R)		Mike
Collier (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%49%34%17% [34] —
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%32%25%7% [35] 37%

Results

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenn Hegar 2,692,803 58.36
Democratic Mike Collier1,739,30837.69
Libertarian Ben Sanders136,9692.96
Green Deb Shafto44,9240.97
Majority953,49520.67%
Total votes4,614,004 100
Turnout 32.89
Republican hold

Commissioner of the General Land Office

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Jerry E. Patterson did not run for re-election to a fourth term. He instead ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George P. Bush 937,987 72.99
Republican David Watts346,94927.00
Total votes1,284,936 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew

Knight won the Libertarian nomination

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Ulises Cabrera [13]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		George P.
Bush (R)		John
Cook (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%50%32%17% [39] —
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%36%25%9% [40] 30%
Public Policy Polling April 10–13, 2014559± 4.1%50%32%—18%

Results

Texas Commissioner of the General Land Office election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George P. Bush 2,821,359 60.68
Democratic John Cook 1,641,85835.31
Libertarian Justin Knight126,2032.71
Green Valerie Alessi59,9921.29
Majority1,179,50125.37%
Total votes4,649,412 100
Turnout 33.14
Republican hold

Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Todd Staples did not run for re-election to a third term. He instead ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor. On September 18, he announced that he would resign within the next two months, to become President of the Texas Oil and Gas Association. [41]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sid Miller 411,560 34.56
Republican Tommy Merritt 249,440 20.94
Republican Eric Opiela207,22217.40
Republican Joe Cotten174,34814.64
Republican J. Allen Carnes148,22212.44
Total votes1,190,792 100

Runoff

Results
Republican primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sid Miller 362,573 53.08
Republican Tommy Merritt320,43446.92
Total votes683,007 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Hogan 190,090 38.74
Democratic Kinky Friedman 185,180 37.74
Democratic Hugh Fitzsimons115,39523.51
Total votes490,665 100

Runoff

Results
Democratic primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Hogan 105,763 53.71
Democratic Kinky Friedman91,15446.29
Total votes196,917 100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Rick Donaldson [13]
  • David "Rocky" Palmquist, rancher [14]

Palmquist won the Libertarian nomination.

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Kenneth Kendrick, food safety advocate and whistleblower [13]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sid
Miller (R)		Jim
Hogan (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%47%35%18% [51] —
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%32%24%9% [52] 34%

Results

Texas Commissioner of Agriculture election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sid Miller 2,693,466 58.58
Democratic Jim Hogan1,694,05936.84
Libertarian David "Rocky" Palmquist132,2992.87
Green Kenneth Kendrick77,4161.68
Majority999,40721.74%
Total votes4,597,240 100
Turnout 32.77
Republican hold

Railroad Commissioner

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Barry Smitherman did not run for re-election to a full term. He instead ran unsuccessfully for attorney general.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Becky Berger, geologist and candidate for the Railroad Commission in 2012 [53]
  • Malachi Boyuls, attorney and venture capitalist [54]
  • Wayne Christian, former state representative [55]
  • Ryan Sitton, oil and gas engineer and candidate for the Texas House of Representatives in 2012 [56]
Withdrew
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Christian 503,634 42.68
Republican Ryan Sitton 360,125 30.52
Republican Becky Berger198,67216.83
Republican Malachi Boyuls117,5119.95
Total votes1,179,942 100

Runoff

Results
Republican primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Sitton 398,652 57.25
Republican Wayne Christian297,65442.75
Total votes696,306 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Steve Brown, former chairman of the Fort Bend County Democratic Party [59]
  • Dale Henry, perennial candidate

Results

Democratic primary results [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Brown 299,009 64.02
Democratic Dale Henry168,03635.97
Total votes467,045 100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Jason Kute [13]
  • Mark Miller, businessman [14]

Miller won the Libertarian nomination.

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared
  • Martina Salinas [13]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Ryan
Sitton (R)		Steve
Brown (D)		OtherUndecided
UoT/Texas Tribune October 10–19, 2014866± 3.6%48%34%19% [60] —
UoT/Texas Tribune May 30–June 8, 20141,200± 2.83%32%24%10% [61] 33%

Results

Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Sitton 2,679,537 58.27
Democratic Steve Brown1,679,65836.52
Libertarian Mark Miller145,1273.15
Green Kenneth Kendrick93,9882.04
Majority999,87921.74%
Total votes4,598,310 100
Turnout 32.78
Republican hold

Texas Legislature

Every seat in the Texas House of Representatives and about half of the seats in the Texas Senate were up for election.

Texas House of Representatives

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
Before 2014 elections95551500
Voting share
After 2014 elections98521500
Voting share

Texas Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
Before 2014 elections1912310
Voting share
After 2014 elections2011310
Voting share

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican senator and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn ran for re-election to a third term. [62] He won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote, easily turning back a primary challenge from U.S. Representative Steve Stockman and six others. The Democratic primary went to a runoff after businessman David Alameel took 47% of the vote and Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement activist Kesha Rogers took 22% of the vote. Alameel won the runoff.

In the general election, Cornyn defeated Alameel 61.6%–34.4%. [63]

United States House of Representatives

All of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

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