United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014
All 36 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	4,727,208 - 25%
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the 36 U.S. Representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.

With 25% of voting age people turning out, all seats except for that of district 23 were retained by their respective parties, with the Republican Party receiving 25 seats and the Democratic Party receiving 11 seats.

Overview

Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	2,684,592	60.28%	24	25	+1
	Democratic	1,474,016	33.10%	12	11	-1
	Libertarian	225,178	5.06%	0	0	-
	Green	61,699	1.39%	0	0	-
	Independent	8,014	0.18%	0	0	-
Totals		4,453,499	100.00%	36	36	0

Districts

District 1

The incumbent, Republican Louie Gohmert, represented the district since 2005. Democrat Shirley McKellar, who lost to Gohmert in 2012, ran for the district's seat again. Gohmert was re-elected with 77.5% of the vote. ^[1]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert	16,096	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley McKellar	7,240	100

General election

Texas's 1st Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert (Incumbent)	115,084	77.47
	Democratic	Shirley McKellar	33,476	22.53
Total votes			148,560	100
	Republican hold

District 2

The incumbent, Republican Ted Poe, represented the district since 2005. Democrat Niko Letsos and Libertarians Craig Cleveland and James Veasaw ran for the seat. Poe was re-elected with 67.95% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe	34,863	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Niko Letsos	5,906	100

General election

Texas's 2nd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe (Incumbent)	101,936	67.95
	Democratic	Niko Letsos	44,462	29.64
	Libertarian	James B Veasaw	2,316	1.54
	Green	Mark Roberts	1,312	0.87
Total votes			150,026	100
	Republican hold

District 3

The incumbent, Republican Sam Johnson, represented the district since 1991. Three Republicans, businesswoman Cami Dean; network engineer Josh Loveless; and pilot Harry Pierce, who was a candidate for the seat in 2012, ran against him in the Republican primary,^[5] which Johnson won. Libertarian Cecil Ince and Green Paul Blair ran for the seat; no Democrat filed to run. Johnson was re-elected with 82.01% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	31,178	80.55
	Republican	Harry Pierce	3,004	7.76
	Republican	Cami Dean	2,435	6.29
	Republican	Josh Loveless	2,086	5.38
Total votes			38,703	100

General election

Texas's 3rd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (Incumbent)	113,404	82.01
	Green	Paul Blair	24,876	17.99
Total votes			138,280	100
	Republican hold

District 4

The incumbent, Republican Ralph Hall, represented the district since 1981. He was challenged in the Republican primary by John Ratcliffe, Lou Gigliotti, John Stacy, Brent Lawson, and Tony Arterburn, which resulted in a runoff between Hall and Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe won the primary runoff with 52.82% of the vote. Ratcliffe won the election uncontested.

Republican primary

Candidates

At 91 years of age, Hall was the oldest member of the US House of Representatives. Fellow Republican John Ratcliffe, a former Mayor of Heath, and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, challenged Hall in the primary election.^[6] Also challenging Hall in the Republican primary were John Stacy, former city councillor of Fate City; auto racing part company owner and 2012 candidate Lou Gigliotti; United States Army veteran Tony Arterburn; and engineering manager Brent Lawson.^[7]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hall	29,848	45.41
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	18,917	28.78
	Republican	Lou Gigliotti	10,601	16.13
	Republican	John Stacy	2,812	4.27
	Republican	Brent Lawson	2,290	3.48
	Republican	Tony Arterburn	1,252	1.90
Total votes			65,720	100

Runoff

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ralph Hall	John Ratcliffe	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	May 12, 2014	656	± 4%	46%	38%	—	16%
Wenzel Strategies*	March 12–13, 2014	436	± ?	35.3%	47.2%	—	17.4%

* Internal poll for John Ratcliffe campaign

Results

Republican primary runoff results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	22,271	52.82
	Republican	Ralph Hall	19,899	47.18
Total votes			42,170	100

Hall became the first incumbent Congressman of the 2014 cycle to be defeated in the primary, the oldest Congressman to lose a primary and the only sitting Republican U.S. Representative from Texas to unsuccessfully seek renomination to his or her seat out of 257 attempts since statehood.^[9]

General election

Results

Texas's 4th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ratcliffe	115,085	100
Total votes			115,085	100
	Republican hold

District 5

The incumbent, Republican Jeb Hensarling, represented the district since 2003. Libertarian Ken Ashby ran; no Democrat filed to run. Hensarling was re-elected with 85.36% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	41,634	100

General election

Texas's 5th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (Incumbent)	88,998	85.36
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	15,264	14.64
Total votes			104,262	100
	Republican hold

District 6

The incumbent, Republican Joe Barton, represented the district since 1985. Barton faced a primary election challenge from Frank Kuchar, with Barton winning 72.66% of the vote. Democrat David Edwin Cozad and Libertarian Hugh Chauvin also ran in the election. Barton was re-elected with 61.15% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton	32,618	72.66
	Republican	Frank Kuchar	12,272	27.33
Total votes			44,890	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Edwin Cozad	11,727	100

General election

Texas's 6th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (Incumbent)	92,334	61.15
	Democratic	David Cozad	55,027	36.44
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	3,635	2.41
Total votes			150,996	100
	Republican hold

District 7

The incumbent, Republican John Culberson, represented the district since 2001. Energy attorney and nominee for the seat in 2012 James Cargas and activist Lissa Squires ran in the Democratic primary, which Cargas won with 62.19% of the vote. Libertarian Gerald Fowler ran in the election. Culberson was reelected with 63.26% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson	31,065	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Cargas	4,098	62.19
	Democratic	Lissa Squiers	2,491	37.80
Total votes			6,589	100

General election

Texas's 7th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (Incumbent)	90,606	63.26
	Democratic	James Cargas	49,478	34.55
	Libertarian	Grant Fowler	3,135	2.19
Total votes			143,219	100
	Republican hold

District 8

The incumbent, Republican Kevin Brady, represented the district since 1997. Brady was challenged in the primary by Craig McMichael; Brady won with 68.27% of the vote. Libertarian Russ Jones and Ken Petty ran in a petition primary, which Ken Petty won; no Democrat filed to run. Brady was re-elected with 89.32% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady	42,368	68.27
	Republican	Craig McMichael	19,687	31.72
Total votes			62,055	100

General election

Texas's 8th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (Incumbent)	125,066	89.32
	Libertarian	Ken Petty	14,947	10.68
Total votes			140,013	100
	Republican hold

District 9

The incumbent, Democrat Al Green, represented the district since 2005. Green George Reiter and Libertarian Johnny Johnson ran in the election; no Republican filed to run. Green was re-elected with 90.82% of the vote.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green	13,442	100

General election

Texas's 9th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green (Incumbent)	78,109	90.82
	Libertarian	Johnny Johnson	7,894	9.18
Total votes			86,003	100
	Democratic hold

District 10

The incumbent, Republican Michael McCaul, represented the district since 2005. Democrat Tawana Walter-Cadien and Libertarian Bill Kelsey ran in the election. McCaul was reelected with 62.18% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul	38,406	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	13,915	100

General election

Texas's 10th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul (Incumbent)	109,726	62.18
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	60,243	34.14
	Libertarian	Bill Kelsey	6,491	3.68
Total votes			176,460	100
	Republican hold

District 11

The incumbent, Republican Mike Conaway, represented the district since 2005. Wade Brown ran against Conaway in the primary; Conaway won with 73.7% of the vote. Libertarian Ryan T. Lange ran in the election; no Democrat filed to run. Conaway won with 90.27% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway	53,272	73.70
	Republican	Wade Brown	19,010	26.29
Total votes			72,282	100

General election

Texas's 11th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (Incumbent)	107,939	90.27
	Libertarian	Ryan T. Lange	11,635	9.73
Total votes			119,574	100
	Republican hold

District 12

The incumbent, Republican Kay Granger, represented the district since 1997. Democrat Mark Greene^[10] and Libertarian Ed Colliver ran in the election. Granger was reelected with 71.31% of the vote.^[11]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger	39,907	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Greene	9,700	100

General election

Texas's 12th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (Incumbent)	113,186	71.31
	Democratic	Mark Greene	41,757	26.31
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	3,787	2.39
Total votes			158,730	100
	Republican hold

District 13

The incumbent, Republican Mac Thornberry, represented the district since 1995. He was challenged for the Republican nomination by Elaine Hays, a businesswoman from Amarilla; and Pam Barlow, a veterinarian from Bowie, Texas.^[12] Thornberry won the primary with 68.2% of the vote. Democrat Mike Minter, Green Don Cook and Libertarian Emily Pivoda ran in the election.^[11] Thornberry was reelected with 84.32% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry	45,168	68.20
	Republican	Elaine Hays	12,330	18.61
	Republican	Pam Barlow	8,723	13.17
Total votes			66,221	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Minter	4,842	100

General election

Texas's 13th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)	110,842	84.32
	Democratic	Mike Minter	16,822	12.80
	Libertarian	Emily Pivoda	2,863	2.18
	Green	Don Cook	924	0.70
Total votes			131,451	100
	Republican hold

District 14

The incumbent, Republican Randy Weber, represented the district since 2013. Don Brown, Gagan Panjhazari and Buck Willis ran in the Democratic primary; Brown won with 68.23% of the vote. Libertarian John Wieder ran in the election. Weber was reelected with 61.85% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber	34,131	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Brown	9,780	68.23
	Democratic	Buck Willis	3,699	25.80
	Democratic	Gagan Panjhazari	853	5.95
Total votes			14,332	100

General election

Texas's 14th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber (Incumbent)	90,116	61.85
	Democratic	Donald Brown	52,545	36.06
	Libertarian	John Wieder	3,037	2.08
Total votes			145,698	100
	Republican hold

District 15

The incumbent, Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, represented the district since 1997. Doug Carlile and Eddie Zamora ran in the Republican primary; Zamora won with 54.93% of the vote.^[13] Libertarian Johnny Partain ran in the election. Hinojosa was reelected with 54.01% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	7,810	54.93
	Republican	Doug Carlile	6,407	45.06
Total votes			14,217	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa	29,916	100

General election

Texas's 15th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Hinojosa (Incumbent)	48,708	54.01
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	39,016	43.26
	Libertarian	Johnny Partain	2,460	2.73
Total votes			90,184	100
	Democratic hold

District 16

The incumbent, Democrat Beto O'Rourke, represented the district since 2013. Republican Corey Roen and Libertarian Jaime Perez ran in the election. O'Rourke was reelected with 67.49% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Corey Roen	6,239	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	24,728	100

General election

Texas's 16th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke (Incumbent)	49,338	67.49
	Republican	Corey Roen	21,324	29.17
	Libertarian	Jamie O. Perez	2,443	3.34
Total votes			73,105	100
	Democratic hold

District 17

The incumbent, Republican Bill Flores, represented the district since 2011. Democrat Nick Haynes and Libertarians Shawn Hamilton and Bill Oliver ran in the election.^[11] Flores was reelected with 64.58% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores	32,770	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Haynes	10,141	100

General election

Texas's 17th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores (Incumbent)	85,807	64.58
	Democratic	Nick Haynes	43,049	32.40
	Libertarian	Shawn Michael Hamilton	4,009	3.02
Total votes			132,865	100
	Republican hold

District 18

The incumbent, Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, represented the district since 1995. Republican Sean Seibert, Green Remington Alessi and Libertarian Jennifer Whelan ran in the election.^[11] Lee was reelected with 71.78% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Seibert	6,527	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee	14,373	100

General election

Texas's 18th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent)	76,097	71.78
	Republican	Sean Seibert	26,249	24.76
	Independent	Vince Duncan	2,362	2.23
	Green	Remington Alessi	1,302	1.23
Total votes			106,010	100
	Democratic hold

District 19

The incumbent, Republican Randy Neugebauer, represented the district since 2003. He was challenged in the Republican Party primary by physician Donald May and Chris Winn, a former Chairman of the Lubbock County Republican Party and candidate for the seat in 2012; Neugebauer won with 64.36% of the vote. Democrat Neal Marchbanks of Lubbock,^[12] Green Mark Lawson and Libertarian Richard Peterson ran in the election.^[11] Neugebauer was reelected with 77.18% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer	39,611	64.36
	Republican	Donald May	14,498	23.55
	Republican	Chris Winn	7,429	12.07
Total votes			61,538	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neal Marchbanks	6,476	100

General election

Texas's 19th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (Incumbent)	90,160	77.18
	Democratic	Neal Marchbanks	21,458	18.37
	Libertarian	Richard (Chip) Peterson	5,146	4.41
	Independent	Donald Vance	54	0.05
Total votes			116,818	100
	Republican hold

District 20

The incumbent, Democrat Joaquín Castro, represented the district since 2013. Libertarian Jeffrey Blunt ran in the election; no Republican filed to run.^[11]^[13] Castro was reelected with 75.66% of the vote.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquín Castro	16,275	100

General election

Texas's 20th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro (Incumbent)	66,554	75.66
	Libertarian	Jeffrey C. Blunt	21,410	24.34
Total votes			87,964	100
	Democratic hold

District 21

The incumbent, Republican Lamar S. Smith, represented the district since 1987. He faced businessman Matt McCall and Michael J. Smith in the Republican primary; Smith won with 60.43% of the vote. Green Antonio Diaz and Libertarian Ryan Shields ran in the election.^[11] Smith was reelected with 71.78% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar S. Smith	40,441	60.43
	Republican	Matt McCall	22,681	33.89
	Republican	Michael J. Smith	3,796	5.67
Total votes			66,918	100

General election

Texas's 21st Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Smith (Incumbent)	135,660	71.78
	Green	Antonio Diaz	27,831	14.73
	Libertarian	Ryan Shields	25,505	13.49
Total votes			188,996	100
	Republican hold

District 22

The incumbent, Republican Pete Olson, represented the district since 2009. Democrats Frank Briscoe and Mark Gibson ran for their party's nomination; Briscoe won with 53.18% of the vote. Libertarian Rob Lapham ran in the election. Olson was reelected with 66.55% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Olson	33,167	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Briscoe	3,378	53.18
	Democratic	Mark Gibson	2,973	46.81
Total votes			6,351	100

General election

Texas's 22nd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Olson (Incumbent)	100,861	66.55
	Democratic	Frank Briscoe	47,844	31.57
	Libertarian	Rob Lapham	2,861	1.89
Total votes			151,566	100
	Republican hold

District 23

The incumbent, Democrat Pete Gallego, represented the district since 2013. Will Hurd, Robert Lowry, and Quico Canseco ran the Republican primary; Hurd and Canseco had a runoff which Hurd won with 59.46% of the vote. Libertarian Ruben Corvalan ran in the election. Hurd was elected with 49.78% of the vote, the only successful election challenge for US Representative seat in Texas in 2014.

Republican primary

Soon after the 2012 election, Republicans began recruiting new candidates to challenge Gallego in 2014, including Rolando Pablos, a public utility commissioner and former Chairman of the board for the Museo Alameda.^[14] Pablos declined to run but Canseco filed to run again.^[15] Two other Republicans, Dr. Robert Lowry and former CIA officer Will Hurd, who was a candidate for the seat in 2010 also ran.^[13]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hurd	10,496	40.96
	Republican	Quico Canseco	10,332	40.32
	Republican	Robert Lowry	4,796	18.71
Total votes			25,624	100

Runoff

Results

Republican primary runoff results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hurd	8,699	59.46
	Republican	Quico Canseco	5,930	40.54
Total votes			14,629	100

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete P. Gallego	26,484	100

General election

Results

Texas's 23rd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Hurd	57,459	49.78
	Democratic	Pete Gallego (Incumbent)	55,037	47.68
	Libertarian	Ruben Corvalan	2,933	2.54
Total votes			115,429	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

The incumbent, Republican Kenny Marchant, represented the district since 2005. Democrat Patrick McGehearty and Libertarian Mike Kolls ran in the election. Marchant was reelected with 65.04% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	34,265	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick McGehearty	8,247	100

General election

Texas's 24th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant (Incumbent)	93,712	65.04
	Democratic	Patrick McGehearty	46,548	32.31
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	3,813	2.65
Total votes			144,073	100
	Republican hold

District 25

The incumbent, Republican Roger Williams, who has represented the district since 2013. Stuart Gourd and Marco Montoya ran in the Democratic primary; Montoya won with 75.16% of the vote. Libertarian John Betz ran in the election. Williams was reelected with 60.22% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Williams	43,030	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marco Montoya	11,691	75.16
	Democratic	Stuart Gourd	3,863	24.83
Total votes			15,554	100

General election

Texas's 25th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Williams (Incumbent)	107,120	60.22
	Democratic	Marco Montoya	64,463	36.24
	Libertarian	John Betz	6,300	3.54
Total votes			177,883	100
	Republican hold

District 26

The incumbent, Republican Michael C. Burgess, represented the district since 2003. He was challenged in the Republican primary by Joel A. Krause and Divenchy Watrous;^[10] Burgess won with 82.62% of the vote. Libertarian Mark Boler ran in the election; no Democrat filed to run. Burgess was reelected with 82.66% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael C. Burgess	33,909	82.62
	Republican	Joel A. Krause	6,433	15.67
	Republican	Divenchy Watrous	698	1.70
Total votes			41,040	100

General election

Texas's 26th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Burgess (Incumbent)	116,944	82.66
	Libertarian	Mark Boler	24,526	17.34
Total votes			141,470	100
	Republican hold

District 27

The incumbent, Republican Blake Farenthold, represented the district since 2011. Democrat Wesley Reed and Libertarian Roxanne Simonson ran in the election.^[11] Farenthold was reelected with 63.60% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Farenthold	32,727	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Reed	11,585	100

General election

Texas's 27th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Farenthold (Incumbent)	83,342	63.60
	Democratic	Wesley Reed	44,152	33.69
	Libertarian	Roxanne Simonson	3,553	2.71
Total votes			131,047	100
	Republican hold

District 28

The incumbent, Democrat Henry Cuellar, represented the district since 2005. Green Michael Cary and Libertarian Jaime Perez ran in the election; no Republican filed to run. Cuellar was reelected with 82.1% of the vote.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	36,821	100

General election

Texas's 28th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (Incumbent)	62,508	82.10
	Libertarian	William Aikens	10,153	13.34
	Green	Michael Cary	3,475	4.56
Total votes			76,136	100
	Democratic hold

District 29

The 21 year establishment incumbent, Democrat Gene Green, has won the district since 1993. Libertarian Constitutionalist James Stanczak ran in the election in 2012 and 2014, and placed second both times. Despite Stanczak having the largest ever turnout by conservatives and liberals for a third party, Green was reelected with 89.55% of the vote. The power grid in district 29/ South East Texas went down during voting hours in 2012 and 2014 elections making them historical when Stanczak ran.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green	6,244	80

General election

Texas's 29th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (Incumbent)	41,321	79.55
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	9,822	20.45
Total votes			46,143	100
	Democratic hold

District 30

The incumbent, Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, represented the district since 1993. State Representative Barbara Mallory Caraway, who was a candidate for the seat in 2012, challenged Johnson in the Democratic primary for a second time; Johnson won with 69.92% of the vote. Libertarian Max Koch III and independent Eric LeMonte Williams ran in the election; no Republican filed to run. Johnson was reelected with 87.95% of the vote.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson	23,756	69.92
	Democratic	Barbara Mallory Caraway	10,216	30.07
Total votes			33,972	100

General election

Texas's 30th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson (Incumbent)	93,041	87.95
	Libertarian	Max W. Koch III	7,154	6.76
	Independent	Eric LeMonte Williams	5,598	5.29
Total votes			105,793	100
	Democratic hold

District 31

The incumbent, Republican John Carter, who has represented the district since 2003. Democrat Louie Minor and Libertarian Scott Ballard ran in the election. Carter was reelected with 64.05% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carter	30,011	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louie Minor	8,036	100

General election

Texas's 31st Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carter (Incumbent)	91,607	64.05
	Democratic	Louie Minor	45,715	31.96
	Libertarian	Scott J. Ballard	5,706	3.99
Total votes			143,028	100
	Republican hold

District 32

The incumbent, Republican Pete Sessions, represented the district since 2003, and previously represented the 5th district from 1997 to 2003. Katrina Pierson, a Tea Party activist, challenged Sessions for the Republican nomination;^[16] Sessions won with 63.61% of the vote. Democratic attorney Frank Perez and Libertarian Edward Rankin ran in the election.^[11] Sessions was reelected with 61.82% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Sessions	28,981	63.61
	Republican	Katrina Pierson	16,574	36.38
Total votes			45,555	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Perez	10,681	100

General election

Texas's 32nd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Sessions (Incumbent)	96,495	61.82
	Democratic	Frank Perez	55,325	35.44
	Libertarian	Ed Rankin	4,276	2.74
Total votes			156,096	100
	Republican hold

District 33

The incumbent, Democrat Marc Veasey, represented the district since 2013. Libertarian Jason Reeves ran in the election.^[17] No Republican filed to run.^[11] Veasey was reelected with 86.51% of the vote.

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Veasey	13,292	73.47
	Democratic	Tom Sanchez	4,798	26.52
Total votes			18,090	100

General election

Texas's 33rd Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Veasey (Incumbent)	43,769	86.51
	Libertarian	Jason Reeves	6,823	13.49
Total votes			50,592	100
	Democratic hold

District 34

The incumbent, Democrat Filemon Vela, Jr., represented the district since 2013. Republican Larry Smith and Libertarian Ryan Rowley ran in the election.^[13] Vela was reelected with 59.47% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Smith	7,427	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Filemon B Vela	26,237	100

General election

Texas's 34th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela (Incumbent)	47,503	59.47
	Republican	Larry Smith	30,811	38.57
	Libertarian	Ryan Rowley	1,563	1.96
Total votes			79,877	100
	Democratic hold

District 35

The incumbent, Democrat Lloyd Doggett, represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 25th district from 2005 to 2013 and the 10th district from 1995 to 2005. Republican Susan Narvaiz, Green Kat Swift and Libertarian Cory Bruner ran in the election.^[13] Doggett was reelected with 62.48% of the vote.

Primary results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	9,717	100

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett	15,399	100

General election

Texas's 35th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (Incumbent)	60,124	62.48
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	32,040	33.30
	Libertarian	Cory Bruner	2,767	2.88
	Green	Kat Swift	1,294	1.34
Total votes			96,225	100
	Democratic hold

District 36

The incumbent, Republican Steve Stockman, represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 1995 to 1997. Stockman did not run for reelection. John Amdur, Brian Babin, Doug Centilli, Jim Engstrand, Phil Fitzgerald, Pat Kasprzak, John Manlove, Chuck MeyerKim Morrell, Dave Norman, Robin Riley, and Ben Streusand ran in the Republican primary; a runoff between Ben Streusand and Brian Babin was held which Babin won with 57.84% of the vote. Democrat Michael K. Cole, who ran as a Libertarian in 2012, Libertarian Rodney Veach, and Green Hal J. Ridley, Jr. ran in the election. Babin won the election with 75.96% of the vote.

Republican primary

At the deadline to file for the 2014 elections, Stockman chose to challenge John Cornyn for the United States Senate, rather than run for re-election.^[18]

Candidates

John Amdur, attorney and Nassau Bay city councillor^[19]
Brian Babin, dentist, former Mayor of Woodville and nominee for Texas's 2nd congressional district in 1996 and 1998^[20]
Doug Centilli, former Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Kevin Brady^[20]
Jim Engstrand, businessman, retired Army Colonel and candidate for the seat in 2012^[21]
Phil Fitzgerald, construction business owner and former Liberty County judge^[20]
Pat Kasprzak, high school teacher and former banker^[22]
John Manlove, businessman, former Mayor of Pasadena and candidate for Texas's 22nd congressional district in 2008^[23]
Chuck Meyer, lawyer, candidate for the seat in 2012 and Independent candidate for Texas's 18th congressional district in 2010^[20]
Kim Morrell, former Seabrook city councillor and candidate for the seat in 2012^[20]
Dave Norman, insurance agent, nominee for the State House in 1996 and 1998 and candidate for the State Senate in 2012^[20]
Robin Riley, oil and gas executive, former NASA contractor and former Mayor of Seabrook^[24]
Ben Streusand, mortgage banker and candidate for Texas's 10th congressional district in 2004^[20]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Babin	17,194	33.36
	Republican	Ben Streusand	12,024	23.33
	Republican	John Manlove	3,556	6.90
	Republican	Doug Centilli	3,506	6.80
	Republican	Phil Fitzgerald	3,388	6.57
	Republican	Robin Riley	2,648	5.13
	Republican	Dave Norman	2,325	4.51
	Republican	Chuck Meyer	1,574	3.05
	Republican	John Amdur	1,470	2.85
	Republican	Kim Morrell	1,444	2.80
	Republican	Jim Engstrand	1,288	2.49
	Republican	Pat Kasprzak	1,116	2.16
Total votes			51,533	100

Runoff

Results

Republican primary runoff results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Babin	19,301	57.84
	Republican	Ben Streusand	14,069	42.16
Total votes			33,370	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael K. Cole	6,507	100

General election

Results

Texas's 36th Congressional District, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Babin (Incumbent)	101,663	75.96
	Democratic	Michael Cole	29,543	22.07
	Libertarian	Rodney Veach	1,951	1.46
	Green	Hal J. Ridley, Jr.	685	0.51
Total votes			133,842	100
	Republican hold

References

↑ ballotopedia.org - Texas's 1st Congressional District 2014
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External links

[1] topedia.org - Texas's 1st Congressional District 2014

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United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014

Contents

Overview

Districts

District 1

Primary results

General election

District 2

Primary results

General election

District 3

Primary results

General election

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Runoff

General election

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

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District 9

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District 10

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District 11

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District 12

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District 13

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District 14

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District 15

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District 16

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District 17

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District 18

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District 19

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District 20

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District 21

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District 22

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District 23

Republican primary

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Runoff

Democratic primary

General election