| Texas's 14th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 50.7% White 10.2% Black 31.2% Hispanic 8.2% Asian | ||
| Population | 970,392 | ||
District 14 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Travis county in the U.S. state of Texas. [1]
The current senator from District 14 is Sarah Eckhardt.
District 14 has a population of 834,750 with 640,349 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. [2]
| Name | County | Pop. [3] [lower-alpha 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | Travis | 560,768 |
| 2 | Pflugerville | Travis | 46,636 |
| 3 | Elgin | Bastrop/Travis | 8,135 |
| 4 | Bastrop | Bastrop | 7,218 |
| 5 | Lago Vista | Travis | 6,041 |
| Name | Party | Years | Legislature | Counties served | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John F. Miller | February 16, 1846 – December 13, 1847 | 1st | Colorado, Fayette | |
| 2 | John Winfield Scott Dancy | December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 | 2nd | ||
| 3 |  Jerome B. Robertson | November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851 | 3rd | Burleson, Milam, Washington, Williamson | |
| 4 | James H. Armstrong | November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 | 4th | Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Milam, Robertson, Williamson | |
| 5 | James K. Holland | November 7, 1853 – November 5, 1855 | 5th | Panola, Shelby | |
| 6 | James A. Truitt | November 5, 1855 – November 7, 1859 | 6th 7th | ||
| 7 | John R. Dickinson | November 7, 1859 – February 13, 1860 | 8th | ||
| 8 | Henry P. C. Dulany | January 28, 1861 – November 4, 1861 | |||
| 9 | John F. Crawford | November 4, 1861 – September 21, 1863 | 9th | Fannin, Hunt | |
| 10 | James B. Davis | October 24, 1863 – August 6, 1866 | 9th 10th | ||
| 11 | Robert H. Lane | August 6, 1866 – October 31, 1866 | 11th | ||
| 12 | William Henry Parsons | Republican | February 8, 1870 – December 4, 1871 | 12th | Harris, Montgomery |
| 13 | James G. Tracy | Republican | January 14, 1873 – January 13, 1874 | 13th | |
| 14 |  William R. Baker | Democratic | January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876 | 14th | |
| 15 | John R. Henry | Democratic | April 18, 1876 – January 14, 1879 | 15th | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro |
| 16 | Francis Marion Martin | Democratic | January 14, 1879 – January 8, 1883 | 16th 17th | |
| 17 | James S. Perry | Democratic | January 8, 1883 – January 11, 1887 | 18th 19th | Brazos, Milam, Robertson |
| 18 |  Scott Field | Democratic | January 11, 1887 – January 13, 1891 | 20th 21st | |
| 19 | James M. McKinney | Democratic | January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893 | 22nd | |
| 20 | Robert A. Greer | Democratic | January 10, 1893 – January 12, 1897 | 23rd 24th | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler |
| 21 | George C. Greer | Democratic | January 18, 1897 – January 8, 1901 | 25th 26th | |
| 22 | John T. Beaty | Democratic | January 8, 1901 – January 8, 1907 | 27th 28th 29th | |
| 23 | Edward I. Kellie | Democratic | January 9, 1907 – January 10, 1911 | 30th 31st | |
| 24 | Vinson A. Collins | Democratic | January 10, 1911 – January 12, 1915 | 32nd 33rd | |
| 25 | Steve M. King | Democratic | January 12, 1915 – May 17, 1917 | 34th 35th | |
| 26 | Vinson A. Collins | Democratic | September 4, 1917 – January 14, 1919 | 35th | |
| 27 | Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr. | Democratic | January 14, 1919 – January 13, 1925 | 36th 37th 38th | |
| 28 | Richard S. Bowers | Democratic | January 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929 | 39th 40th | Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington |
| 29 | Charles S. Gainer | Democratic | January 8, 1929 – January 3, 1933 | 41st 42nd | |
| 30 | Albert Stone | Democratic | January 10, 1933 – January 14, 1941 | 43rd 44th 45th 46th | |
| 31 | Joseph Alton York | Democratic | January 14, 1941 – January 11, 1949 | 47th 48th 49th 50th | |
| 32 | William T. "Bill" Moore | Democratic | January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953 | 51st 52nd | |
| 33 | Johnnie B. Rogers | Democratic | January 13, 1953 – January 8, 1957 | 53rd 54th | Bastrop, Travis, Williamson |
| 34 | Charles F. Herring | Democratic | January 8, 1957 – January 10, 1967 | 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th | |
| Democratic | January 10, 1967 – January 9, 1973 | 60th 61st 62nd | Bastrop, Blanco, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson | ||
| Democratic | January 9, 1973 – June 1, 1973 | 63rd | Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | ||
| 35 |  Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | August 18, 1973 – January 11, 1983 | 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th | |
| Democratic | January 11, 1983 – January 8, 1985 | 68th | Hays, Travis | ||
| 36 | Gonzalo Barrientos | Democratic | January 8, 1985 – January 14, 2003 | 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th | |
| Democratic | January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007 | 78th 79th | Travis | ||
| 37 |  Kirk Watson | Democratic | January 9, 2007 – April 30, 2020 | 80th 81st 82nd | |
| 83rd 84th 85th 86th | Bastrop, Travis | ||||
| 38 |  Sarah Eckhardt | Democratic | July 31, 2020 – Present | 86th 87th | |
| 88th | Travis | ||||
Election history of District 14 from 1992. [lower-alpha 2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sarah Eckhardt (Incumbent) | 265,094 | 82.23 | −8.05 | |
| Libertarian | Steven Haskett | 57,305 | 17.77 | +16.68 | |
| Majority | 207,789 | 64.45 | +17.75 | ||
| Turnout | 322,399 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson. [5] A special election was called for July 14, 2020. No candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote, therefore the race was to proceed to a runoff later in 2020 between the top two candidates in the first round, resulting in two Democrats advancing to the runoff. [6] On July 27, 2020, Eddie Rodriguez, dropped out of the race for a runoff election, resulting in Sarah Eckhardt being declared winner. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sarah Eckhardt | 59,267 | 49.66 | ||
| Democratic | Eddie Rodriguez | 40,384 | 33.84 | ||
| Republican | Donald Zimmerman | 15,565 | 13.04 | ||
| Republican | Waller Thomas Burns II | 1,442 | 1.21 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Ridgeway | 1,386 | 1.16 | ||
| Libertarian | Pat Dixon | 1,306 | 1.09 | ||
| Turnout | 119,350 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kirk Watson (Incumbent) | 276,052 | 71.93 | −8.05 | |
| Republican | George W. Hindman | 96,834 | 25.23 | +25.23 | |
| Libertarian | Micah M. Verlander | 10,889 | 2.84 | −17.18 | |
| Majority | 179,218 | 46.70 | −13.26 | ||
| Turnout | 383,775 | +98.80 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kirk Watson (Incumbent) | 154,391 | 79.98 | +19.25 | |
| Libertarian | James Arthur Strohm | 38,648 | 20.02 | +16.41 | |
| Majority | 115,743 | 59.96 | +34.90 | ||
| Turnout | 193,039 | +2.11 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kirk Watson (Incumbent) | 115,949 | 60.73 | −19.59 | |
| Republican | Mary Lou Serafine | 68,100 | 35.67 | +35.67 | |
| Libertarian | Kent Phillips | 6,884 | 3.61 | −16.07 | |
| Majority | 47,849 | 25.06 | −35.57 | ||
| Turnout | 190,933 | +32.53 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kirk Watson | 127,223 | 80.32 | +27.61 | |
| Libertarian | Robert "Rock" Howard | 31,180 | 19.68 | +15.51 | |
| Majority | 96,043 | 60.63 | +51.05 | ||
| Turnout | 158,403 | −12.29 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent) | 95,182 | 52.70 | −29.25 | |
| Republican | Ben Bentzin | 77,885 | 43.12 | +43.12 | |
| Libertarian | Marianne Robbins | 7,537 | 4.17 | −13.87 | |
| Majority | 17,297 | 9.58 | −54.33 | ||
| Turnout | 180,604 | −20.20 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent) | 185,48 | 81.95 | −2.92 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Davis | 40,847 | 18.05 | +2.92 | |
| Majority | 144,631 | 63.90 | −5.85 | ||
| Turnout | 180,604 | −20.20 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent) | 157,194 | 84.87 | +1.86 | |
| Natural Law | Sandra L. BonSell | 28,013 | 15.13 | +15.13 | |
| Majority | 129,181 | 69.75 | +3.72 | ||
| Turnout | 185,207 | +13.07 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent) | 135,979 | 83.02 | +15.40 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 27,820 | 16.98 | +13.52 | |
| Majority | 108,159 | 66.03 | +27.34 | ||
| Turnout | 163,799 | −35.75 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gonzalo Barrientos (Incumbent) | 172,384 | 67.61 | ||
| Republican | Bill Malone, Jr. | 73,729 | 28.92 | ||
| Libertarian | Gary E. Johnson | 8,837 | 3.47 | ||
| Majority | 98,655 | 38.70 | |||
| Turnout | 147,975 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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