2014 Texas Senate election
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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.
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[edit]
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||||||
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| No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | ||||||||
| Republican | 14 | 1,469,629 | 63.09 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 20 |  1 | ||||||
| Democratic | 9 | 691,984 | 29.71 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 11 |  1 | ||||||
| Libertarian | 13 | 165,284 | 7.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | ||||||
| Green | 2 | 2,397 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ||||||
| Total | 2,329,294 | 100.00 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 31 | | |||||||
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| District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 2 | - | - | 99,925 | 83.58% | 19,626 | 16.42% | 119,551 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | - | - | 140,069 | 90.56% | 14,605 | 9.44% | 154,674 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 54,286 | 31.23% | 112,930 | 64.97% | 6,595 | 3.79% | 173,811 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 7 | 45,230 | 26.29% | 123,551 | 71.82% | 3,244 | 1.89% | 172,025 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 8 | - | - | 114,498 | 79.07% | 30,312 | 20.93% | 144,810 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 9 | 47,965 | 34.94% | 89,331 | 65.06% | - | - | 137,296 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 10 | 80,872 | 44.72% | 95,532 | 52.83% | 4,434 | 2.45% | 180,838 | 100.00% | R GAIN from D |
| District 14 | 154,391 | 79.98% | - | - | 38,648 | 20.02% | 193,039 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 15 | 74,192 | 59.17% | 48,249 | 38.48% | 2,947 | 2.35% | 125,388 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 16 | - | - | 106,546 | 100.00% | - | - | 106,546 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 17 | 60,934 | 33.91% | 113,817 | 63.34% | 4,945 | 2.76% | 179,696 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 23 | 99,102 | 79.39% | 23,520 | 18.84% | 2,204 | 1.77% | 124,826 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
| District 25 | 75,012 | 31.83% | 153,536 | 65.15% | 7,106 | 3.02% | 235,654 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 30 | - | - | 140,240 | 86.65% | 21,599 | 13.35% | 161,839 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| District 31 | - | - | 107,885 | 90.43% | 11,416 | 9.57% | 119,301 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
| Total | 691,984 | 29.71% | 1,469,629 | 63.09% | 167,681 | 7.20% | 2,329,294 | 100.00% | Source:[2] |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.