2014 Texas Senate election
November 4, 2014
15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election 19 seats, 62.65%[1] 12 seats, 32.76%[1] 0 seats, 5.12%[1]
Seats before 19 12 0
Seats won 20 11 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 1,469,629 691,984 165,284
Percentage 63.09% 29.71% 7.10%
Swing Increase 0.44% Decrease 3.05% Increase 1.98%
Senate results by district
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      No election
President Pro Tempore before election


Republican

 Elected President Pro Tempore


Republican

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

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Texas Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 14 1,469,629 63.09 19 11 12 20 Increase1
Democratic 9 691,984 29.71 11 4 3 11 Decrease1
Libertarian 13 165,284 7.10 0 0 0 0 Steady
Green 2 2,397 0.10 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 2,329,294 100.00 31 15 15 31 Steady
Source:[2]
Popular vote
Republican
 
 63.09%
Democratic
 
 29.71%
Libertarian
 
 7.20%
Green
 
 0.10%
Senate seats won
Republican
 
 80.00%
Democratic
 
 20.00%
District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
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
Total691,98429.71%1,469,62963.09%167,6817.20%2,329,294100.00%Source:[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Texas holds elections for all Senate seats in years ending in 2. In 2012, for this particular class of Senators, the Republicans and Democrats won 67.40% and 29.69% of the vote, respectively.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Race Summary Report - 2012 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Race Summary Report - 2014 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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