2014 Texas House of Representatives election

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2014 Texas House of Representatives election
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2016  

All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Joe Straus voting (cropped).jpg CraigEiland.jpg
Leader Joe Straus Craig Eiland
(retiring)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 13, 2009January 9, 2007
Leader's seat 121st 23rd
Seats before9555
Seats won9852
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote2,589,6561,305,080
Percentage63.70%32.10%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.18%Decrease2.svg1.26%

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2014 Texas State House election voteshares.svg
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold

Republican:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%

Contents

Democratic:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%

Speaker before election

Joe Straus
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

The 2014 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 84th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.

At the beginning of the Eighty-third Texas Legislature following the 2012 Texas State House of Representatives elections, the Democrats held 55 seats to the Republicans' 95.

This election marked the first time Republicans ever won a state house race in Chambers County. [1]

Results

Statewide

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Texas House of Representatives election results
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PartyCandi-
dates
Votes %Seats+/–
Republican Party 1072,589,65663.70%98Increase2.svg3
Democratic Party 901,305,08032.10%52Decrease2.svg3
Libertarian Party 39153,7503.78%0
Green Party 613,5360.33%0
Independent 13,1660.07%0
Write-in 11650.00%0
Total4,065,262100.00%150
Popular vote
Republican
63.70%
Democratic
32.10%
Libertarian
3.78%
Green
0.33%
Independent
0.07%
Write-in
0.00%
House seats won
Republican
65.33%
Democratic
34.67%

Close races

This election marked a low point in seat competitiveness for the Texas House of Representatives. 69% of seats only drew candidates from only one major political party, and 45% of seats hosted unopposed races. Only 8% of seats featured more than two political parties, and only 4 races were decided by margins under 10%.

  1. District 144, 1.28% (gain)
  2. District 117, 5.40% (gain)
  3. District 23, 9.28% (gain)
  4. District 149, 9.80%

Notable races

Results by district

District Democratic Republican OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 --29,585100.00%--29,585100.00%Republican hold
District 2 --28,847100.00%--28,847100.00%Republican hold
District 3 --28,76091.08%2,8188.92%31,578100.00%Republican hold
District 4 --26,66089.13%3,25310.87%29,913100.00%Republican hold
District 5 --30,77992.34%2,5527.66%33,331100.00%Republican hold
District 6 --26,68487.84%3,69512.16%30,379100.00%Republican hold
District 7 --25,342100.00%--25,342100.00%Republican hold
District 8 --25,89787.85%3,58112.15%29,478100.00%Republican hold
District 9 --29,412100.00%--29,412100.00%Republican hold
District 10 --27,319100.00%--27,319100.00%Republican hold
District 11 --25,980100.00%--25,980100.00%Republican hold
District 12 --22,617100.00%--22,617100.00%Republican hold
District 13 --35,589100.00%--35,589100.00%Republican hold
District 14 6,35828.49%15,19368.08%7653.43%22,316100.00%Republican hold
District 15 --36,260100.00%--36,260100.00%Republican hold
District 16 4,74813.66%29,13283.79%8872.55%34,767100.00%Republican hold
District 17 12,45935.40%22,73764.60%--35,196100.00%Republican hold
District 18 --23,808100.00%--23,808100.00%Republican hold
District 19 --30,543100.00%--30,543100.00%Republican hold
District 20 10,88322.73%35,11073.33%1,8843.94%47,877100.00%Republican hold
District 21 9,73925.61%28,28374.39%38,022100.00%Republican hold
District 22 24,203100.00%----24,203100.00%Democratic hold
District 23 14,76345.36%17,18454.64%--32,547100.00%Republican GAIN
District 24 --31,757100.00%--31,757100.00%Republican hold
District 25 --25,927100.00%--25,927100.00%Republican hold
District 26 11,08030.32%25,45869.68%--36,538100.00%Republican hold
District 27 24,32666.98%11,99033.02%--36,316100.00%Democratic hold
District 28 --30,122100.00%--30,122100.00%Republican hold
District 29 --25,777100.00%--25,777100.00%Republican hold
District 30 --28,224100.00%--28,224100.00%Republican hold
District 31 16,396100.00%----16,396100.00%Democratic hold
District 32 --23,348100.00%--23,348100.00%Republican hold
District 33 --32,013100.00%--32,013100.00%Republican hold
District 34 16,241100.00%----16,241100.00%Democratic hold
District 35 11,431100.00%----11,431100.00%Democratic hold
District 36 12,055100.00%----12,055100.00%Democratic hold
District 37 10,504100.00%----10,504100.00%Democratic hold
District 38 11,718100.00%----11,718100.00%Democratic hold
District 39 14,409100.00%----14,409100.00%Democratic hold
District 40 11,998100.00%----11,998100.00%Democratic hold
District 41 11,53257.46%8,53942.54%--20,071100.00%Democratic hold
District 42 16,10388.44%--2,10411.56%18,207100.00%Democratic hold
District 43 10,86938.59%17,29461.41%--28,163100.00%Republican hold
District 44 9,82124.32%30,55875.68%--40,379100.00%Republican hold
District 45 --25,73972.64%9,69627.36%35,435100.00%Republican hold
District 46 23,95984.03%--4,55215.97%28,511100.00%Democratic hold
District 47 --37,45573.04%13,82226.96%51,277100.00%Republican hold
District 48 39,66878.10%--11,12621.90%50,794100.00%Democratic hold
District 49 38,54885.08%--6,75914.92%45,307100.00%Democratic hold
District 50 22,69058.68%14,35937.13%1,6204.19%38,669100.00%Democratic hold
District 51 21,46787.36%--3,10512.64%24,572100.00%Democratic hold
District 52 12,45238.53%18,23556.42%1,6335.05%32,320100.00%Republican hold
District 53 --36,87889.91%4,13910.09%41,017100.00%Republican hold
District 54 --17,190100.00%--17,190100.00%Republican hold
District 55 --18,278100.00%--18,278100.00%Republican hold
District 56 --25,65483.35%5,12516.65%30,779100.00%Republican hold
District 57 --28,174100.00%--28,174100.00%Republican hold
District 58 6,53219.56%26,86680.44%--33,398100.00%Republican hold
District 59 --22,586100.00%--22,586100.00%Republican hold
District 60 --33,878100.00%--33,878100.00%Republican hold
District 61 7,45816.96%36,50483.04%--43,962100.00%Republican hold
District 62 --24,501100.00%--24,501100.00%Republican hold
District 63 9,02622.66%30,80977.34%--39,835100.00%Republican hold
District 64 12,61133.77%23,67463.39%1,0592.84%37,344100.00%Republican hold
District 65 10,44035.69%18,81264.31%--29,252100.00%Republican hold
District 66 --24,751100.00%--24,751100.00%Republican hold
District 67 --25,43278.56%6,94121.44%32,373100.00%Republican hold
District 68 --30,979100.00%--30,979100.00%Republican hold
District 69 --22,822100.00%--22,822100.00%Republican hold
District 70 --29,534100.00%--29,534100.00%Republican hold
District 71 --22,950100.00%--22,950100.00%Republican hold
District 72 --24,364100.00%--24,364100.00%Republican hold
District 73 --46,194100.00%--46,194100.00%Republican hold
District 74 15,968100.00%----15,968100.00%Democratic hold
District 75 8,453100.00%----8,453100.00%Democratic hold
District 76 11,92387.09%--1,76712.91%13,690100.00%Democratic hold
District 77 11,32478.15%--3,16621.85%14,490100.00%Democratic hold
District 78 12,880100.00%----12,880100.00%Democratic hold
District 79 12,001100.00%----12,001100.00%Democratic hold
District 80 14,98189.61%--1,73710.39%16,718100.00%Democratic hold
District 81 --17,00699.04%1650.96%17,171100.00%Republican hold
District 82 --24,262100.00%--24,262100.00%Republican hold
District 83 6,23118.78%26,95081.22%--33,181100.00%Republican hold
District 84 6,34727.29%16,91372.71%--23,260100.00%Republican hold
District 85 9,63033.39%19,21566.61%--28,845100.00%Republican hold
District 86 --31,589100.00%--31,589100.00%Republican hold
District 87 3,66415.67%19,71484.33%--23,378100.00%Republican hold
District 88 --22,57893.17%1,6546.83%24,232100.00%Republican hold
District 89 11,15428.39%28,13571.61%--39,289100.00%Republican hold
District 90 9,909100.00%----9,909100.00%Democratic hold
District 91 9,34928.18%22,80268.74%1,0213.08%33,172100.00%Republican hold
District 92 12,56736.38%21,97663.62%--34,543100.00%Republican hold
District 93 --20,433100.00%--20,433100.00%Republican hold
District 94 16,48140.49%23,04656.63%1,1722.88%40,699100.00%Republican hold
District 95 21,90875.78%7,00224.22%--28,910100.00%Democratic hold
District 96 --22,82280.75%5,44219.25%28,264100.00%Republican hold
District 97 --27,97781.63%6,29518.37%24,272100.00%Republican hold
District 98 --39,407100.00%--39,407100.00%Republican hold
District 99 --26,144100.00%--26,144100.00%Republican hold
District 100 17,20989.97%--1,91910.03%19,128100.00%Democratic hold
District 101 14,92684.59%--2,27015.41%17,646100.00%Democratic hold
District 102 12,24337.51%20,39462.49%--32,637100.00%Republican hold
District 103 12,190100.00%----12,190100.00%Democratic hold
District 104 9,765100.00%----9,765100.00%Democratic hold
District 105 10,47842.72%13,60055.45%4491.83%24,527100.00%Republican hold
District 106 9,61427.53%24,41969.93%8862.54%34,919100.00%Republican hold
District 107 13,80744.98%16,89155.02%--30,683100.00%Republican hold
District 108 16,18239.32%24,97360.68%--41,155100.00%Republican hold
District 109 31,504100.00%----31,504100.00%Democratic hold
District 110 15,505100.00%----15,505100.00%Democratic hold
District 111 26,681100.00%----26,681100.00%Democratic hold
District 112 --19,13181.63%4,30518.37%23,436100.00%Republican hold
District 113 12,04740.57%17,64459.43%--29,691100.00%Republican hold
District 114 --25,33481.07%5,91581.07%31,249100.00%Republican hold
District 115 11,76739.53%16,99957.11%9993.36%29,765100.00%Republican hold
District 116 16,639100.00%----16,639100.00%Democratic hold
District 117 11,52147.30%12,83552.70%--24,356100.00%Republican GAIN
District 118 14,531100.00%----14,531100.00%Democratic hold
District 119 15,361100.00%----15,361100.00%Democratic hold
District 120 16,89282.28%--3,63717.72%20,529100.00%Democratic hold
District 121 --33,84582.10%7,38117.90%41,226100.00%Republican hold
District 122 --42,47385.01%7,48914.99%49,962100.00%Republican hold
District 123 20,17886.28%--3,21013.72%23,388100.00%Democratic hold
District 124 16,236100.00%----16,236100.00%Democratic hold
District 125 17,14376.92%--5,14423.08%22,287100.00%Democratic hold
District 126 --23,89986.31%3,79113.69%27,690100.00%Republican hold
District 127 --31,214100.00%--31,214100.00%Republican hold
District 128 --23,88790.70%2,4509.30%26,337100.00%Republican hold
District 129 12,54032.19%26,41567.81%--38,955100.00%Republican hold
District 130 --34,48990.77%3,5069.23%37,995100.00%Republican hold
District 131 20,408100.00%----20,408100.00%Democratic hold
District 132 10,52333.88%20,53566.12%--31,058100.00%Republican hold
District 133 11,75425.40%34,53074.60%--46,284100.00%Republican hold
District 134 20,36438.82%32,09261.18%--52,456100.00%Republican hold
District 135 10,17534.14%19,63065.86%--29,805100.00%Republican hold
District 136 15,82141.10%20,86254.20%1,8114.70%38,494100.00%Republican hold
District 137 7,15557.86%5,21142.14%--12,366100.00%Democratic hold
District 138 8,76633.22%17,62266.78%--26,388100.00%Republican hold
District 139 21,802100.00%----21,802100.00%Democratic hold
District 140 8,125100.00%----8,125100.00%Democratic hold
District 141 16,162100.00%----16,162100.00%Democratic hold
District 142 17,602100.00%----17,602100.00%Democratic hold
District 143 10,610100.00%----10,610100.00%Democratic hold
District 144 5,86349.36%6,01550.64%--11,878100.00%Republican GAIN
District 145 10,255100.00%----10,255100.00%Democratic hold
District 146 21,70291.87%--1,9208.13%23,622100.00%Democratic hold
District 147 25,288100.00%----25,288100.00%Democratic hold
District 148 14,20760.29%9,35639.71%--23,563100.00%Democratic hold
District 149 11,95454.90%9,82045.10%--21,774100.00%Democratic hold
District 150 10,32826.85%28,13373.15%--38,461100.00%Republican hold
Total1,305,08032.10%2,589,56563.70%170,6174.20%4,065,262100.00%Source: [2]

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