2014 Texas Senate election explained

Election Name:2014 Texas Senate election
Country:Texas
Type:legislative
Previous Election:2012 Texas Senate election
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2016 Texas Senate election
Next Year:2016
Seats For Election:15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
Majority Seats:16
Election Date:November 4, 2014
Party1:Republican Party of Texas
Last Election1:19 seats, 62.65%[1]
Seats Before1:19
Seats1:20
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:1,469,629
Percentage1:63.09%
Swing1: 0.44%
Party2:Texas Democratic Party
Last Election2:12 seats, 32.76%
Seats Before2:12
Seats Needed2: 4
Seats2:11
Seat Change2:1
Popular Vote2:691,984
Percentage2:29.71%
Swing2: 3.05%
Ongoing:no
Party3:Libertarian
Last Election3:0 seats, 5.12%[2]
Seats Before3:0
Seats3:0
Popular Vote3:165,284
Percentage3:7.10%
Swing3: 1.98%

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, 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

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Texas Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
%BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican141,469,62963.09191112201
Democratic9691,98429.711143111
Libertarian13165,2847.100000
Green22,3970.100000
Total2,329,294100.0031151531
Source:[3]
District! colspan="2"
DemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResult
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District 2--99,92583.58%19,62616.42%119,551100.00%Republican hold
District 3--140,06990.56%14,6059.44%154,674100.00%Republican hold
District 554,28631.23%112,93064.97%6,5953.79%173,811100.00%Republican hold
District 745,23026.29%123,55171.82%3,2441.89%172,025100.00%Republican hold
District 8--114,49879.07%30,31220.93%144,810100.00%Republican hold
District 947,96534.94%89,33165.06%--137,296100.00%Republican hold
District 1080,87244.72%95,53252.83%4,4342.45%180,838100.00%R GAIN from D
District 14154,39179.98%--38,64820.02%193,039100.00%Democratic hold
District 1574,19259.17%48,24938.48%2,9472.35%125,388100.00%Democratic hold
District 16--106,546100.00%--106,546100.00%Republican hold
District 1760,93433.91%113,81763.34%4,9452.76%179,696100.00%Republican hold
District 2399,10279.39%23,52018.84%2,2041.77%124,826100.00%Democratic hold
District 2575,01231.83%153,53665.15%7,1063.02%235,654100.00%Republican hold
District 30--140,24086.65%21,59913.35%161,839100.00%Republican hold
District 31--107,88590.43%11,4169.57%119,301100.00%Republican hold
Total 691,98429.71% 1,469,62963.09% 167,6817.20% 2,329,294100.00% Source:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election . Texas Secretary of State . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215012/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist332_state.htm . 2021-06-02 . live . 2021-06-03.
  2. Web site: Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election . Texas Secretary of State . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215012/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist332_state.htm . 2021-06-02 . live . 2021-06-03.
  3. Web site: Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election . Texas Secretary of State . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428174916/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist175_state.htm . 2021-04-28 . live . 2021-05-29.