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2014 Texas House of Representatives election
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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Straus Craig Eiland
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 2009 January 9, 2007
Leader's seat 121st 23rd
Seats before 95 55
Seats won 98 52
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 2,589,656 1,305,080
Percentage 63.70% 32.10%
Swing Increase1.18% Decrease1.26%
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold

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

Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Speaker before election

Joe Straus
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

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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]

Predictions

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Owing to a Republican-leaning national environment and the state's recent trend towards the Republican Party, analysts predicted that the party would easily maintain its large margin of control over the Texas House.

Source Ranking As of
Governing[2] Safe R Oct. 20, 2014

Results

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Statewide

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Summary of the November 4, 2014 Texas House of Representatives election results
Party Candi-
dates 		Votes % Seats +/–
Republican Party 107 2,589,656 63.70% 98 Increase3
Democratic Party 90 1,305,080 32.10% 52 Decrease3
Libertarian Party 39 153,750 3.78% 0 –
Green Party 6 13,536 0.33% 0 –
Independent 1 3,166 0.07% 0 –
Write-in 1 165 0.00% 0 –
Total 4,065,262 100.00% 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

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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

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Results by district

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District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 - - 29,585 100.00% - - 29,585 100.00% Republican hold
District 2 - - 28,847 100.00% - - 28,847 100.00% Republican hold
District 3 - - 28,760 91.08% 2,818 8.92% 31,578 100.00% Republican hold
District 4 - - 26,660 89.13% 3,253 10.87% 29,913 100.00% Republican hold
District 5 - - 30,779 92.34% 2,552 7.66% 33,331 100.00% Republican hold
District 6 - - 26,684 87.84% 3,695 12.16% 30,379 100.00% Republican hold
District 7 - - 25,342 100.00% - - 25,342 100.00% Republican hold
District 8 - - 25,897 87.85% 3,581 12.15% 29,478 100.00% Republican hold
District 9 - - 29,412 100.00% - - 29,412 100.00% Republican hold
District 10 - - 27,319 100.00% - - 27,319 100.00% Republican hold
District 11 - - 25,980 100.00% - - 25,980 100.00% Republican hold
District 12 - - 22,617 100.00% - - 22,617 100.00% Republican hold
District 13 - - 35,589 100.00% - - 35,589 100.00% Republican hold
District 14 6,358 28.49% 15,193 68.08% 765 3.43% 22,316 100.00% Republican hold
District 15 - - 36,260 100.00% - - 36,260 100.00% Republican hold
District 16 4,748 13.66% 29,132 83.79% 887 2.55% 34,767 100.00% Republican hold
District 17 12,459 35.40% 22,737 64.60% - - 35,196 100.00% Republican hold
District 18 - - 23,808 100.00% - - 23,808 100.00% Republican hold
District 19 - - 30,543 100.00% - - 30,543 100.00% Republican hold
District 20 10,883 22.73% 35,110 73.33% 1,884 3.94% 47,877 100.00% Republican hold
District 21 9,739 25.61% 28,283 74.39% 38,022 100.00% Republican hold
District 22 24,203 100.00% - - - - 24,203 100.00% Democratic hold
District 23 14,763 45.36% 17,184 54.64% - - 32,547 100.00% Republican GAIN
District 24 - - 31,757 100.00% - - 31,757 100.00% Republican hold
District 25 - - 25,927 100.00% - - 25,927 100.00% Republican hold
District 26 11,080 30.32% 25,458 69.68% - - 36,538 100.00% Republican hold
District 27 24,326 66.98% 11,990 33.02% - - 36,316 100.00% Democratic hold
District 28 - - 30,122 100.00% - - 30,122 100.00% Republican hold
District 29 - - 25,777 100.00% - - 25,777 100.00% Republican hold
District 30 - - 28,224 100.00% - - 28,224 100.00% Republican hold
District 31 16,396 100.00% - - - - 16,396 100.00% Democratic hold
District 32 - - 23,348 100.00% - - 23,348 100.00% Republican hold
District 33 - - 32,013 100.00% - - 32,013 100.00% Republican hold
District 34 16,241 100.00% - - - - 16,241 100.00% Democratic hold
District 35 11,431 100.00% - - - - 11,431 100.00% Democratic hold
District 36 12,055 100.00% - - - - 12,055 100.00% Democratic hold
District 37 10,504 100.00% - - - - 10,504 100.00% Democratic hold
District 38 11,718 100.00% - - - - 11,718 100.00% Democratic hold
District 39 14,409 100.00% - - - - 14,409 100.00% Democratic hold
District 40 11,998 100.00% - - - - 11,998 100.00% Democratic hold
District 41 11,532 57.46% 8,539 42.54% - - 20,071 100.00% Democratic hold
District 42 16,103 88.44% - - 2,104 11.56% 18,207 100.00% Democratic hold
District 43 10,869 38.59% 17,294 61.41% - - 28,163 100.00% Republican hold
District 44 9,821 24.32% 30,558 75.68% - - 40,379 100.00% Republican hold
District 45 - - 25,739 72.64% 9,696 27.36% 35,435 100.00% Republican hold
District 46 23,959 84.03% - - 4,552 15.97% 28,511 100.00% Democratic hold
District 47 - - 37,455 73.04% 13,822 26.96% 51,277 100.00% Republican hold
District 48 39,668 78.10% - - 11,126 21.90% 50,794 100.00% Democratic hold
District 49 38,548 85.08% - - 6,759 14.92% 45,307 100.00% Democratic hold
District 50 22,690 58.68% 14,359 37.13% 1,620 4.19% 38,669 100.00% Democratic hold
District 51 21,467 87.36% - - 3,105 12.64% 24,572 100.00% Democratic hold
District 52 12,452 38.53% 18,235 56.42% 1,633 5.05% 32,320 100.00% Republican hold
District 53 - - 36,878 89.91% 4,139 10.09% 41,017 100.00% Republican hold
District 54 - - 17,190 100.00% - - 17,190 100.00% Republican hold
District 55 - - 18,278 100.00% - - 18,278 100.00% Republican hold
District 56 - - 25,654 83.35% 5,125 16.65% 30,779 100.00% Republican hold
District 57 - - 28,174 100.00% - - 28,174 100.00% Republican hold
District 58 6,532 19.56% 26,866 80.44% - - 33,398 100.00% Republican hold
District 59 - - 22,586 100.00% - - 22,586 100.00% Republican hold
District 60 - - 33,878 100.00% - - 33,878 100.00% Republican hold
District 61 7,458 16.96% 36,504 83.04% - - 43,962 100.00% Republican hold
District 62 - - 24,501 100.00% - - 24,501 100.00% Republican hold
District 63 9,026 22.66% 30,809 77.34% - - 39,835 100.00% Republican hold
District 64 12,611 33.77% 23,674 63.39% 1,059 2.84% 37,344 100.00% Republican hold
District 65 10,440 35.69% 18,812 64.31% - - 29,252 100.00% Republican hold
District 66 - - 24,751 100.00% - - 24,751 100.00% Republican hold
District 67 - - 25,432 78.56% 6,941 21.44% 32,373 100.00% Republican hold
District 68 - - 30,979 100.00% - - 30,979 100.00% Republican hold
District 69 - - 22,822 100.00% - - 22,822 100.00% Republican hold
District 70 - - 29,534 100.00% - - 29,534 100.00% Republican hold
District 71 - - 22,950 100.00% - - 22,950 100.00% Republican hold
District 72 - - 24,364 100.00% - - 24,364 100.00% Republican hold
District 73 - - 46,194 100.00% - - 46,194 100.00% Republican hold
District 74 15,968 100.00% - - - - 15,968 100.00% Democratic hold
District 75 8,453 100.00% - - - - 8,453 100.00% Democratic hold
District 76 11,923 87.09% - - 1,767 12.91% 13,690 100.00% Democratic hold
District 77 11,324 78.15% - - 3,166 21.85% 14,490 100.00% Democratic hold
District 78 12,880 100.00% - - - - 12,880 100.00% Democratic hold
District 79 12,001 100.00% - - - - 12,001 100.00% Democratic hold
District 80 14,981 89.61% - - 1,737 10.39% 16,718 100.00% Democratic hold
District 81 - - 17,006 99.04% 165 0.96% 17,171 100.00% Republican hold
District 82 - - 24,262 100.00% - - 24,262 100.00% Republican hold
District 83 6,231 18.78% 26,950 81.22% - - 33,181 100.00% Republican hold
District 84 6,347 27.29% 16,913 72.71% - - 23,260 100.00% Republican hold
District 85 9,630 33.39% 19,215 66.61% - - 28,845 100.00% Republican hold
District 86 - - 31,589 100.00% - - 31,589 100.00% Republican hold
District 87 3,664 15.67% 19,714 84.33% - - 23,378 100.00% Republican hold
District 88 - - 22,578 93.17% 1,654 6.83% 24,232 100.00% Republican hold
District 89 11,154 28.39% 28,135 71.61% - - 39,289 100.00% Republican hold
District 90 9,909 100.00% - - - - 9,909 100.00% Democratic hold
District 91 9,349 28.18% 22,802 68.74% 1,021 3.08% 33,172 100.00% Republican hold
District 92 12,567 36.38% 21,976 63.62% - - 34,543 100.00% Republican hold
District 93 - - 20,433 100.00% - - 20,433 100.00% Republican hold
District 94 16,481 40.49% 23,046 56.63% 1,172 2.88% 40,699 100.00% Republican hold
District 95 21,908 75.78% 7,002 24.22% - - 28,910 100.00% Democratic hold
District 96 - - 22,822 80.75% 5,442 19.25% 28,264 100.00% Republican hold
District 97 - - 27,977 81.63% 6,295 18.37% 24,272 100.00% Republican hold
District 98 - - 39,407 100.00% - - 39,407 100.00% Republican hold
District 99 - - 26,144 100.00% - - 26,144 100.00% Republican hold
District 100 17,209 89.97% - - 1,919 10.03% 19,128 100.00% Democratic hold
District 101 14,926 84.59% - - 2,270 15.41% 17,646 100.00% Democratic hold
District 102 12,243 37.51% 20,394 62.49% - - 32,637 100.00% Republican hold
District 103 12,190 100.00% - - - - 12,190 100.00% Democratic hold
District 104 9,765 100.00% - - - - 9,765 100.00% Democratic hold
District 105 10,478 42.72% 13,600 55.45% 449 1.83% 24,527 100.00% Republican hold
District 106 9,614 27.53% 24,419 69.93% 886 2.54% 34,919 100.00% Republican hold
District 107 13,807 44.98% 16,891 55.02% - - 30,683 100.00% Republican hold
District 108 16,182 39.32% 24,973 60.68% - - 41,155 100.00% Republican hold
District 109 31,504 100.00% - - - - 31,504 100.00% Democratic hold
District 110 15,505 100.00% - - - - 15,505 100.00% Democratic hold
District 111 26,681 100.00% - - - - 26,681 100.00% Democratic hold
District 112 - - 19,131 81.63% 4,305 18.37% 23,436 100.00% Republican hold
District 113 12,047 40.57% 17,644 59.43% - - 29,691 100.00% Republican hold
District 114 - - 25,334 81.07% 5,915 81.07% 31,249 100.00% Republican hold
District 115 11,767 39.53% 16,999 57.11% 999 3.36% 29,765 100.00% Republican hold
District 116 16,639 100.00% - - - - 16,639 100.00% Democratic hold
District 117 11,521 47.30% 12,835 52.70% - - 24,356 100.00% Republican GAIN
District 118 14,531 100.00% - - - - 14,531 100.00% Democratic hold
District 119 15,361 100.00% - - - - 15,361 100.00% Democratic hold
District 120 16,892 82.28% - - 3,637 17.72% 20,529 100.00% Democratic hold
District 121 - - 33,845 82.10% 7,381 17.90% 41,226 100.00% Republican hold
District 122 - - 42,473 85.01% 7,489 14.99% 49,962 100.00% Republican hold
District 123 20,178 86.28% - - 3,210 13.72% 23,388 100.00% Democratic hold
District 124 16,236 100.00% - - - - 16,236 100.00% Democratic hold
District 125 17,143 76.92% - - 5,144 23.08% 22,287 100.00% Democratic hold
District 126 - - 23,899 86.31% 3,791 13.69% 27,690 100.00% Republican hold
District 127 - - 31,214 100.00% - - 31,214 100.00% Republican hold
District 128 - - 23,887 90.70% 2,450 9.30% 26,337 100.00% Republican hold
District 129 12,540 32.19% 26,415 67.81% - - 38,955 100.00% Republican hold
District 130 - - 34,489 90.77% 3,506 9.23% 37,995 100.00% Republican hold
District 131 20,408 100.00% - - - - 20,408 100.00% Democratic hold
District 132 10,523 33.88% 20,535 66.12% - - 31,058 100.00% Republican hold
District 133 11,754 25.40% 34,530 74.60% - - 46,284 100.00% Republican hold
District 134 20,364 38.82% 32,092 61.18% - - 52,456 100.00% Republican hold
District 135 10,175 34.14% 19,630 65.86% - - 29,805 100.00% Republican hold
District 136 15,821 41.10% 20,862 54.20% 1,811 4.70% 38,494 100.00% Republican hold
District 137 7,155 57.86% 5,211 42.14% - - 12,366 100.00% Democratic hold
District 138 8,766 33.22% 17,622 66.78% - - 26,388 100.00% Republican hold
District 139 21,802 100.00% - - - - 21,802 100.00% Democratic hold
District 140 8,125 100.00% - - - - 8,125 100.00% Democratic hold
District 141 16,162 100.00% - - - - 16,162 100.00% Democratic hold
District 142 17,602 100.00% - - - - 17,602 100.00% Democratic hold
District 143 10,610 100.00% - - - - 10,610 100.00% Democratic hold
District 144 5,863 49.36% 6,015 50.64% - - 11,878 100.00% Republican GAIN
District 145 10,255 100.00% - - - - 10,255 100.00% Democratic hold
District 146 21,702 91.87% - - 1,920 8.13% 23,622 100.00% Democratic hold
District 147 25,288 100.00% - - - - 25,288 100.00% Democratic hold
District 148 14,207 60.29% 9,356 39.71% - - 23,563 100.00% Democratic hold
District 149 11,954 54.90% 9,820 45.10% - - 21,774 100.00% Democratic hold
District 150 10,328 26.85% 28,133 73.15% - - 38,461 100.00% Republican hold
Total 1,305,080 32.10% 2,589,565 63.70% 170,617 4.20% 4,065,262 100.00% Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Texas Legislators: Past & Present". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Luzer, Daniel (October 20, 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Race Summary Report – 2014 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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