2014 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

2014 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Dan Patrick Leticia Van de Putte Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,718,406 1,810,720 Percentage 58.1% 38.7%

County results Patrick:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Van de Putte:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Lieutenant Governor before election Dan Patrick Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick Republican

The Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ran for an unprecedented fourth term, but was defeated in the Republican primary by his more conservative opponent, state senator Dan Patrick. Patrick would go on to win the general election in a landslide over Leticia Van de Putte. Patrick was sworn in on January 20, 2015.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• David Dewhurst, incumbent lieutenant governor ^[1]
• Dan Patrick, state senator ^[2]
• Jerry E. Patterson, Commissioner of the General Land Office ^[3]
• Todd Staples, Commissioner of Agriculture ^[4]

Declined

• Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts ^[5]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Dewhurst	Dan Branch	Susan Combs	Ed Emmett	Dan Patrick	Jerry Patterson	Todd Staples	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune [6]	February 7–17, 2014	461	± 4.56%	37%	—	—	—	31%	17%	15%	—	—
Public Policy Polling [7]	November 1–4, 2013	388	± 5%	37%	—	—	—	18%	10%	4%	—	31%
UoT/Texas Tribune [8]	October 18–27, 2013	519	± 5.02%	26%	—	—	—	13%	10%	5%	—	46%
Public Policy Polling [9]	June 28–July 1, 2013	318	± ?	37%	—	—	—	17%	7%	5%	—	34%
UoT/Texas Tribune [10]	May 31–June 9, 2013	492	± 5.27%	19%	—	—	—	10%	6%	5%	—	61%
Public Policy Polling [11]	January 24–27, 2013	400	± ?	37%	—	18%	—	12%	2%	4%	—	26%
University of Texas-Austin [12]	May 7–13, 2012	343	± 5.29%	—	3%	29%	—	23%	9%	10%	22%	4%
DWBS [13]	April 27–30, 2012	400	± 4.5%	—	2%	28%	5%	15%	5%	7%	—	39%
University of Texas-Austin [14]	February 8–15, 2012	361	± 5.16%	—	3%	27%	—	20%	8%	8%	34%	—
University of Texas-Austin [15]	October 19–26, 2011	397	± 4.92%	—	1%	14%	—	9%	5%	2%	5%	64%

Results

Republican primary results ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patrick	552,692	41.43
	Republican	David Dewhurst	377,856	28.32
	Republican	Todd Staples	236,949	17.76
	Republican	Jerry Patterson	166,399	12.47
Total votes			1,333,896	100

Runoff

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Dewhurst	Dan Patrick	Other	Undecided
Baselice & Associates [17]	March 5–6, 2014	501	± 4.4%	34%	55%	—	11%

Results

Republican primary runoff results ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patrick	487,829	65.05
	Republican	David Dewhurst	262,086	34.95
Total votes			749,915	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Leticia Van de Putte, state senator ^[19]

Withdrew

• Maria Luisa Alvarado, retired United States Air Force master sergeant and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006 ^{[20] [21]}

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

• Brandon de Hoyos, journalist ^[22]

Withdrew

• Ed Kless, businessman ^{[22] [21]}

Green nomination

Candidates

Declared

• Chandra Courtney ^[21]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Patrick (R)	Leticia Van de Putte (D)	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune [23]	October 10–19, 2014	866	± 3.6%	52%	35%	13% [24]	—
Survey Research Center [25]	September 22–October 16, 2014	781	± 3.5%	36%	24%	6% [26]	34%
Crosswind Communications [27]	October 9–12, 2014	500	± 4.33%	42.8%	23%	1.2%	33%
Texas Lyceum [28]	September 11–25, 2014	666	± 3.8%	47%	33%	5% [29]	14%
UoT/Texas Tribune [30]	May 30–June 8, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	41%	26%	9% [31]	23%
Public Policy Polling [32]	April 10–13, 2014	559	± 4.1%	51%	35%	—	14%
UoT/Texas Tribune [6]	February 7–17, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	41%	32%	—	28%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Dewhurst (R)	Leticia Van de Putte (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling [32]	April 10–13, 2014	559	± 4.1%	50%	32%	—	17%
UoT/Texas Tribune [6]	February 7–17, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	44%	32%	—	24%
Public Policy Polling [33]	November 1–4, 2013	500	± 4.4%	46%	37%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jerry Patterson (R)	Leticia Van de Putte (D)	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune [6]	February 7–17, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	41%	30%	—	29%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Todd Staples (R)	Leticia Van de Putte (D)	Other	Undecided
UoT/Texas Tribune [6]	February 7–17, 2014	1,200	± 2.83%	41%	29%	—	30%

Results

Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014 ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patrick	2,718,406	58.13
	Democratic	Leticia Van de Putte	1,810,720	38.72
	Libertarian	Robert Butler	119,581	2.55
	Green	Chandra Courtney	27,651	0.59
Majority			907,686	19.41%
Total votes			4,676,358	100
Turnout				33.34
	Republican hold

References

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22. "Libertarian Kathie Glass Announces Bid for Governor". The Texas Tribune. June 26, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
23. UoT/Texas Tribune
24. Robert Butler (L) 9%, Chandra Courtney (G) 4%
25. Survey Research Center
26. Robert Butler (L) 1.8%, Chandra Courtney (G) 0.9%, Other 3.3%
27. Crosswind Communications
28. Texas Lyceum ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
29. Robert Butler (L) 3%, Chandra Courtney (G) 2%
30. UoT/Texas Tribune
31. Robert Butler (L) 4%, Chandra Courtney (G) 1%, Other 4%
32. Public Policy Polling
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34. "Office of the Secretary of State 2014 General Election Election Night Returns". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.